The loan market in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions is a useful gauge of improvement when compared with the previous year. To that end, combined volumes across the three regions amounted to USD 2.6trn in 1H24, marking a 13% rise from 2023 year to date (YTD).
Expectations that central banks are set to cut interest rates in the US and Europe at some point this year are energising borrowers in the Americas and EMEA. Even lower volumes printed in APAC have not been enough to dampen global growth.
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