Eurozone sees surge in bank lending to business

The latest euro area bank lending survey (updated on 3 February 2006) finds that an increase in European investment and a boom in mergers and acquisitions have helped to bring about a big increase in eurozone bank lending to businesses.

European Central Bank: Statistics: Money, banking and financial markets: Bank lending survey: The euro area bank lending survey http://www.ecb.int/stats/money/lend/html/index.en.html

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