New consumer credit volume falls 8.3% in March to 685 million
New consumer loans in March totaled 685 million euros, a decrease of 8.3% year-on-year and 1.0% compared to the previous month, the Banco de Portugal (BdP) announced today.
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According to the provisional data released today by the central bank on the evolution of new consumer loans, in March, the amounts of new personal loans fell by 3.9%, to 306 million euros, and car loans by 0.5%, to 252 million euros. In turn, the amount of cards and overdrafts increased by 5.8%, to 127 million euros.
The number of loans fell by 2.3% year-on-year to 146,363, still translating into a 2.4% increase in chain.
In March, 126,594 loans were taken out in the cards and overdrafts category (up 2.5% year-on-year), 45,588 personal loans (-11%) and 16,303 loans for the purchase of cars (-5.6%).
Of the total new loan contracts in March, 4.0% were subsidized contracts, against 5.1% a year earlier and 4.6% in February.
"Subsidized loan contracts are entered into between the credit institution and the consumer, but part of the cost of the loan is borne by a third party (for example, the point of sale where the consumer acquires the financed asset)", explains the BdP.
As a proportion of the total amount, these subsidized loans represented 5.7% in March, against 7.7% in March 2023 and 6.0% in February.
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