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Credit Growth, Problem Loans and Credit Risk Provisioning in Spain

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Santiago Fernández de Lis
Jorge Martínez Pagés
Jesús Saurina
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This paper analyses the cyclical behaviour of bank credit, loan losses and provisions for loan losses in Spain. These three variables are strongly cyclical in Spain -as in many other countries- and this poses some problems to bank supervisors and regulators. In a context of strong competitive pressures, there is a tendency for loose bank credit conditions in an upturn in view of the low level of contemporaneous non-performing loans. This may contribute to an over-extension of credit.The paper explains in detail the rationale and expected effects of the new loan loss provision the so-called statistical provision- introduced recently by the Banco de España and aimed at an appropriate recording and recognition of expected losses.

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Keywords: BANKS ; BEHAVIOUR ; CREDIT ; RISK;

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