Japan's July Bank Lending: Statistical Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Following is the summary table for Japan's bank lending released by the Bank of Japan in Tokyo. 

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  July June May July
  2008 2008 2008 Level
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  ------Loans and discounts------
Total Banks, shinkin banks 1.8% 1.8% 1.5% 456.6
 Total banks* 2.0% 2.0% 1.6% 394.1
  City banks 1.0% 0.9% 0.2% 207.1
  Total regional banks 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 187.0
  Regional banks 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 145.1
  Regional banks II 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 41.9
 Shinkin banks 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 62.5
 Foreign banks 28.0% 11.3% 4.2% 7.6
  --------Issuance of CP---------
Underwritten by banks 2.0% 2.9% 6.2% 16.0
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NOTE1: Percent changes are year-on-year. Levels in trillions of yen. Yen level for loans and discounts are average amount outstanding. NOTE2: Issuance of CP is the month-end figures underwritten by city banks, regional banks, regional banks II, Norinchukin Bank, Shoko Chukin Bank, Shinkin Central Bank, securities companies and foreign bank's branches which holds current accounts at the Bank of Japan. Figrures includes ABCP issued by foreign corporations but exclude other CP issued by foreign corporations. * = Excludes Japan Post Bank, Citibank Japan, Sony Bank, ORIX Trust and Banking Corporation, JSF Trust and Banking Co. and ShinGinko Tokyo. 

SOURCE: Bank of Japan http://www.boj.or/jp/en 

To contact the reporter on this story: Shizuka Muragishi in Tokyo at smuragishi@bloomberg.net