{"id":27006,"date":"2020-08-11T14:57:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27006"},"modified":"2020-08-11T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:57:30","slug":"banks-loans-rise-to-n3-3-trillion-in-12-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27006","title":{"rendered":"Banks\u2019 loans rise to N3.3 trillion in 12 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CBN-Building.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria saved $21bn in food import since 2015 -CBN\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The loan portfolio of deposit money banks in the country leapt by 21 per cent to N3.3 trillion in 12 months, Gregory Kronsten, Macroeconomic and Fixed Income researcher at FBN Quest has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FBN Quest said in a report titled \u2018Special Economic Report: The Macro Damage from COVID-19\u2019 that one of the bright spots of the coronavirus pandemic had been the surge in banks\u2019 portfolio size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kronsten stated that the increase in credit to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/business-roundup-external-reserves-shed-315m-nigerian-manufacturing-sector-shrinks-further-see-other-stories-that-made-our-pick\/\">manufacturing sector<\/a>&nbsp;was close to 35 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs well as leaning on the banks to boost lending as their regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria has also multiplied and deepened its own credit interventions over the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe beneficiaries are not identifying themselves and probably include few SMEs, yet the increase should help businesses in their hour of need\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FBN Quest went further to say \u201cwe see better access to bank credit and more government spending on the agenda too, but the principal driver of the (negative) growth number this year is Nigeria\u2019s position a little apart from the global village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIts large agricultural economy and sizeable domestic market, together with limits to its international integration, together mean that its GDP will contract in 2020 by rather less than many of its peers. For the same reason (its uneven development), the rebound next year is set to be modest\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said Tue National Bureau of Statistics data revealed a better-than-expected return to work after lockdown especially in rural areas. A majority of returnees worked in agriculture and non-farm household firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondents nevertheless are returning to companies with a fall in revenue compared to pre-Covid 19 and bloated operating expenses. Wide gaps exist in the safety nets of many households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClosing with the impact of the virus on inflation, there are downward pressures such as a further weakening in consumption patterns due to the lockdown. However, there are also upward pressures such as the shutdown of factories and general supply chain disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur take is that the headline rate will see a further modest rise to 13.1 per cent year-on-year at year-end 2020 from 12.6 per cent in June\u201d, FBN Quest said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The loan portfolio of deposit money banks in the country leapt by 21 per cent to N3.3 trillion in 12 months, Gregory Kronsten, Macroeconomic and Fixed Income researcher at FBN Quest has revealed. 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