The value of loans in Japan increased 0.7% year-on-year in May 2022, easing slightly from a 0.9% growth in the previous month. Outstanding loans held by the country's major, regional and “shinkin” banks stood at 5,825,245 million yen. The main driver of loan growth were regional banks, rising 1.9% year-on-year in May, while lending in major banks and “shinkin” banks slowed 0.2% and 0.4%, respectively. source: Bank of Japan
Loan Growth in Japan averaged 0.43 percent from 2001 until 2022, 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 June of 2022.
Loan Growth in Japan is expected to be 2.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Japan Bank Lending is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2023 and 2.40 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.