{"id":4121,"date":"2023-09-04T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=4121"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"edb-low-interest-rates-contribute-to-lending-expansion-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/4121\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB: low interest rates contribute to lending expansion in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 4,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Lending in Belarus keeps growing, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its recent weekly macroeconomic report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The loan portfolio of Belarusian banks increased by 1.2 percent in July, following a rise of 1.4 percent in June and 0.8 percent in May, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An increase of three percent was reported in national currency lending in July prompted the expansion with loans to private companies exceeding 50 percent, the EDB noted. The rest is &#8220;relatively evenly distributed between loans to state-owned companies and individuals,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The analysts said that the lending expansion is attributable to lower interest rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 28, the National Bank lowered its base refinance rate from 9.75 to 9.5 percent. In 2023, the central bank cut the refinance rate five times from 12 percent in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interest rates on loans in rubels for non-banking financial institutions fell from 15.53 percent to 12.28 percent; banks from 6.4 to 5.5 percent; companies, from 10.4 to 8.4 percent; and individuals, from 12.3 to 10.9 percent, the National Bank\u2019s data shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January-July, the economy&#8217;s debt on bank loans rose by seven percent to 66.6 billion rubels (some $20.6 billion) with overdue debts rising by more than 50 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian entities&#8217; rubel and foreign-currency debts rose by 6.2 percent from January 1 to 47.9 billion rubels (some $19 billion) on August 1. Overdue debts increased by 66.9 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Lending in Belarus keeps growing, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its recent weekly macroeconomic report. The loan portfolio of Belarusian banks increased by 1.2 percent in July, following a rise of 1.4 percent in June and 0.8 percent in May, it noted. An increase of three percent was reported in national currency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-4121","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EDB: low interest rates contribute to lending expansion in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 4,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Lending in Belarus keeps growing, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its recent weekly macroeconomic report. 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