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In February, outstanding loans to the non-financial private sector maintained double-digit annual growth, while traditional deposits slowed by 1.7% YoY in real terms compared to January. This trend is consistent with a context of anticipated foreign demand to avoid tariffs amid a local slowdown.

Despite the economic slowdown, credit granted by commercial banks to the private sector grew 14.4% YoY in nominal terms. The balance of traditional bank deposits also grew at a nominal rate of 10.2% YoY. In both cases, businesses were the main driver behind this growth.

In September, current credit to the NFPS slowed down 0.5% YoY in real terms, as a result of the lower dynamism of consumer and business credit. Traditional deposits decelerated 0.6% YoY in real terms, as a consequence of the continued weakness of term deposits. A feeble economic activity seems to lie beneath both dynamics.

In August, both deposits and credit rose in annual terms with respect to July, supported, in part, by the accounting effect of the exchange rate depreciation. Companies and other financial intermediaries were behind the increase in deposits, while consumer and business credit supported credit.

A monthly summary and analysis of the most relevant developments and publications in Mexico's financial regulatory landscape.

We analyze female participation in the mortgage market in terms of access to credit, the amount of credit, and the interest rate.

In August 2021, the nominal balance of the current loan portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector fell 3.1% annually (-8.3% in real terms). By credit aggregates, the annual nominal variations were: consumption, -0.3%; housing, 9.4%, and business, -8.4%.

Unlike in previous crises, lending has not slowed down during the pandemic—at least not in all segments— with a fall in household loans, but a big increase in corporate lending.