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Credit to the non-financial private sector accelerated in June (7.5% in real terms) hand in hand with corporate credit. On the deposits side, the increase in demand deposits and the exchange rate depreciation supported the stabilization of traditional deposits.

Banks maintain levels of capital and liquidity above regulatory minima, along with higher profitability, even with a higher cost of risk. All the portfolios that make up bank credit to the non-financial private sector (NFPS) have registered growth in real terms.

The current credit portfolio to the Non-Financial Private Sector closed 2022 with real growth of 4.6%. The 9.1% real annual growth of consumer credit stood out. Traditional bank deposits grew by a real annual 1.8% in December 2022. Among these, term deposits accelerated due to the increase in interest rates.

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During February 2021, the nominal balance of the current loan portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector fell 2.0%. The annual rate reduction in nominal balances was greater than in January (-1.3%), accentuating the downward trend observed since May 2020.

In January 2021, the balance of current credit granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector once again registered an annual fall in nominal terms, which was -1.3% (-4.6% in real terms), practically the same as that observed in December (-1.2%).

In November 2020, the balance of outstanding credit granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector registered a nominal annual fall of -0.8% (-4.0% in real terms), the first contraction observed in this credit aggregate since April 2010 (when the fall in the balance was -0.7%).

In August 2020, the balance of current credit granted by commercial banks to the private sector grew at a nominal annual rate of 2.7% (-1.3% real), lower than the nominal rate observed the previous month (4.9%) and the nominal rate of 8.9% observed in the same month of 2019.