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20/05/2005
Fall in credit card debt reported
Credit card debt in the UK has dropped for the first time in over ten years, the British Bankers Association (BBA) has reported.
The BBA reported a fall in net lending on credit cards of £40 million in April – the first fall in this category since May 1994.
However, there was an increase in loans and overdrafts of £415 million (compared to £346 million in March), although mortgage lending dropped slightly, from £4,561 million to £4,030.
However, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported that mortgage lending rose by 2% in April, to £21.5 billion and said that the latest figures remained in line with the broad expectations for the year.
The report follows a series of reports, which indicated that trading on the High Street was continuing to be tough. Recently, the CBI and the British Retail Consortium both reported a drop in retail sales and a number of High Street retailers reported difficult trading conditions. Yesterday, health and beauty retailer Boots became the latest company to report a fall in profits – a drop of 11%.
The Bank of England also left interest rates on hold at 4.75% earlier in the month – the ninth month in a row interest remains have remained unchanged.
Commenting on the figures, David Dooks, BBA director of statistics, said: “Consumer credit was noticeably weak, with a rare net monthly repayment of seasonally adjusted credit card borrowing, whilst loans and overdrafts grew only slowly. This apparent change of sentiment towards credit may also be being reflected in personal deposits, which have been relatively strong in the last couple of months, despite ISA inflows being much in line with previous years.”
(KMcA/SP)
The BBA reported a fall in net lending on credit cards of £40 million in April – the first fall in this category since May 1994.
However, there was an increase in loans and overdrafts of £415 million (compared to £346 million in March), although mortgage lending dropped slightly, from £4,561 million to £4,030.
However, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported that mortgage lending rose by 2% in April, to £21.5 billion and said that the latest figures remained in line with the broad expectations for the year.
The report follows a series of reports, which indicated that trading on the High Street was continuing to be tough. Recently, the CBI and the British Retail Consortium both reported a drop in retail sales and a number of High Street retailers reported difficult trading conditions. Yesterday, health and beauty retailer Boots became the latest company to report a fall in profits – a drop of 11%.
The Bank of England also left interest rates on hold at 4.75% earlier in the month – the ninth month in a row interest remains have remained unchanged.
Commenting on the figures, David Dooks, BBA director of statistics, said: “Consumer credit was noticeably weak, with a rare net monthly repayment of seasonally adjusted credit card borrowing, whilst loans and overdrafts grew only slowly. This apparent change of sentiment towards credit may also be being reflected in personal deposits, which have been relatively strong in the last couple of months, despite ISA inflows being much in line with previous years.”
(KMcA/SP)
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