BoE credit survey gives insight into future of credit landscape

Bank's Credit Conditions Survey provides forward-looking view on banks and lending institutions

The Bank of England Credit Conditions Survey comes out on a quarterly basis and measures the forward-looking views of banks and lending institutions. As the market economy has contracted, tightening the availability of credit worldwide, the survey has provided managers with additional insight into how those institutions view the credit landscape in future. For instance, statistics for March 2009 record what lending institutions expect to happen over April, May and June, or the second quarter. It was completed from 23 February to 13 March. As the chart shows, lending is likely to be less...