２３年度末貸し出し、５８７兆円　過去最高、物価高で資金需要―全銀協

　全国銀行協会が９日発表した預金・貸出金速報によると、全国１１０行の２０２３年度末の貸出金残高は前年度末比３．８％増の５８７兆３３１２億円となった。前年度末に記録した過去最高額を更新した。コロナ禍からの経済活動正常化や物価高の影響で企業の運転資金需要が高まり、残高を押し上げた。（2024/04/09-18:52）

Outstanding bank lending in Japan rewrote an all-time high for the second straight year in fiscal 2023, the Japanese Bankers Association said Tuesday.
   As of the end of the year on March 31, the combined lending balance at 110 member banks nationwide stood at 587,331.2 billion yen, up 3.8 pct from a year earlier.
   Balance growth slowed from the previous year's 4.1 pct. Still, corporate demand for working capital increased thanks to the normalization of economic activities after the COVID-19 pandemic and price spikes.
   The balance rose 4.7 pct to 230,198.1 billion yen at city banks including megabanks, 3.4 pct to 256,590.8 billion yen at regional banks, 2.5 pct to 55,929.6 billion yen at so-called second-tier regional banks and 0.6 pct to 32,444 billion yen at trust banks.
   Meanwhile, the combined real deposit balance grew 3.1 pct to 936,504 billion yen, the association said.