Financial conditions in Europe
Mortgages to Households
Lending to Corporates
Financial conditions
Insights
CONCEPT
Financial Conditions summarize the current level of financial market stress, reflecting where interest rates, credit spreads, market volatility, FX and equity prices stand. Banks look at financial conditions to determine how easily households, firms and governments can access funding by adjusting lending standards (easier/tighter) to the current economic landscape (improving/deteriorating).
CURRENT READINGS
- Financial Conditions in Europe are EASY (0.09) and have turned easier vs the previous week's average. Negative mortgage demand (-4.4% YoY) is met with easy lending standards, while demand for for consumer loans Positive (2.0% YoY).
Positive demand for business loans (2.5% YoY) is met with tighter business lending standards.
MARKET IMPLICATIONS
Lending standards (= credit availability) follow the evolution of financial conditions. Easy financial conditions (below 0.15) with cause lending standards to turn easier, stimulating demand for mortgages/loans and ultimately supporting future economic growth: it means that consumers spend and companies invest. Conversely, tighter financial conditions (from 0.15/0.2) will cause standards to turn tighter, slowing mortgage/loan demand and ultimately contributing to slow-down the economic.