STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE 36|2016 Banking loans and deposits February 2016 April 12th, 2016 Banco de Portugal publishes today in table A.9 of month (-2.2%), reversing the upward trend ob- the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, data on banking loans and deposits vis-à-vis non-financial corporations and households for February 2016. served since January 2015. Deposits In February, the households’ deposits placed with Loans In February 2016, the loans granted to non-financial corporations and households continued to show negative annual rates of change (a.r.), which stood respectively at -2.6% and -2.4% (Chart 1 ). In the case of non-financial corporations, the a.r. decreased 0.4 percentage points over the previous resident banks increased by 291 million euros, adding to 138.3 million euros at the end of the month. This increase reflected an a.r. of 4.8%, the highest since July 2012, continuing the upward trend observed since the first quarter of 2015 (Chart 2). Chart 1 • Loans to non-financial corporations and households (housing) – a.r Chart 2 • Deposits of households – a.r. 12 12 10 8 8 6 6 4 4 in percentage in percentage 10 2 0 2 0 -2 -2 -4 -4 -6 -6 -8 Feb/11 Feb/12 Feb/13 Feb/14 Feb/15 Feb/16 Euro Area - NFC Euro Area - Households Portugal - NFC Portugal - Households -8 Feb/11 Feb/12 Feb/13 Euro Area Feb/14 Feb/15 Portugal Feb/16 2 BANCO DE PORTUGAL • Banking loans and deposits Additional statistical data available at: Table A.9 of Statistical Bulletin Monetary and Financial Statistics statistical domain of BPstat|Statistics online Next update: May 10th, 2016 Banco de Portugal | info@bportugal.pt