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October 2025 euro area bank lending survey
According to the October 2025 bank lending survey (BLS), euro area banks reported a small net tightening of credit standards – banks’ internal guidelines or loan approval criteria – for loans or credit lines to enterprises in the third quarter of 2025 (net percentage of banks of 4%; Chart 1). Banks reported unchanged credit standards for loans to households for house purchase (net percentage of 0%) and a moderate net tightening for consumer credit and other lending to households (net percentage of 5%). For firms, the net tightening in the third quarter followed broadly unchanged credit standards in the second ... (full story)
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