Credit surges as banks loosen lending

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The rate of output of formal loans and advances in the economy rose in 2011 to pre-recession levels as commercial banks relaxed their lending criteria following the tightening associated with the 2009 global financial crisis.

According to Bank of Botswana data published this week, credit growth in 2011 reached 26.4 percent with total credit outstanding as at December 2011 pegged at P27.96 billion from P22.12 billion in December 2010.

Of the P27.96 billion owed to commercial banks as at December 2011, loans to individuals accounted for 54.6 percent or P15.3 billion, underlining the continuing dominance of retail activities in the domestic banking sector.

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