Total bank lending in Japan rose 6.2 percent in December from the same month a year earlier, slower than a 6.3 percent gain in November. Outstanding loans held by the country's four main categories of banks, including "shinkin" or credit unions, stood at 757.421 trillion yen, up 8.3 percent for the second consecutive month. source: Bank of Japan
Loan Growth in Japan averaged 0.32 percent from 2001 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 6.70 percent in August of 2020 and a record low of -5 percent in October of 2002. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Bank Lending - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Bank Lending - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2021.
Loan Growth in Japan is expected to be 3.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Loan Growth in Japan to stand at 3.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Bank Lending is projected to trend around 2.40 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.