The total value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.2 percent on year in February, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday – coming in at 496.957 trillion yen.
That follows the upwardly revised 2.4 percent increase in January (originally 2.3 percent).
Excluding trusts, bank lending was up an annual 2.2 percent to 432.182 trillion yen after rising a downwardly revised 2.3 percent in the previous month (originally 2.4 percent).
Lending from trusts added 2.3 percent to 64.774 trillion yen, while lending from foreign banks tumbled 4.2 percent to 1.811 trillion yen.
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