Significados de said lending en inglés

However, it said lending remains subdued, and bad debts elevated.

GPIF said lending out shares also transferred ownership rights temporarily.

Mr Glass said lending rates were falling anyway, with 20 banks so far trimming rates.

Nationwide said lending to older people had great potential.

Nationwide said lending to homeowners also fell, amid tough competition in the mortgage market that is hitting profitability.

Many critics have said lending practices at Calabasas, California-based Countrywide were a major contributor to the nation's housing crisis.

The report said lending by community banks to small businesses has decreased modestly while big banks are increasing their lending.

Both said lending growth slowed sharply in the third quarter as the regulator leaned on banks to watch out for problem loans.

High debt had become less of a problem in Britain's housing market, but the BoE said lending curbs imposed last year remained necessary.

Nandalal Weerasinghe, deputy central bank governor, said lending rates remain too high despite trims of 75 basis points in policy rates since December.

The Bank said lending to businesses declined by £3bn, with small and medium-sizedbusinesses hit especially hard in the three months to May.

Both Spanish banks and leading infrastructure companies such as Abertis ABE.MC have said lending conditions remain tight or even shut to some companies in Spain.

The BoE said lending to non-financial businesses increased by 2.814 billion pounds, compared with a 176 million pound drop in April.

In terms of future growth, it said lending work in progress stood at 6.8 billion euros, down from 9.8 billion at the end of September.

DBS said lending grew 25 percent in the quarter from a year earlier to S$108.4 billion, led by loans to regional businesses and mortgages.

The ADB has said lending could rise to about $33 billion over 2009 and 2010, around 50 percent higher than the last two years.