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Euro zone bank lending continues to pick up, ECB data shows

Published 11/28/2024, 04:14 AM
Updated 11/28/2024, 04:15 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dark clouds are seen over the building of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, June 6, 2024.    REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lending to euro zone companies and households continued to accelerate last month, supporting the arguments from some that the bloc's economy has bottomed out and a "soft landing" was underway, European Central Bank data showed on Thursday.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dark clouds are seen over the building of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, June 6, 2024.    REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

Lending growth to businesses picked up to 1.2% in October from 1.1% in September and was at its best level since mid-2023. Growth in lending to households meanwhile rose to 0.8% from 0.7% a month earlier.

The M3 measure of money supply, sometimes an indicator of future economic growth, expanded by 3.4%, a level last topped in December 2022, and came in line with expectations in a Reuters poll.

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