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Real credit growth

CREDIT_REAL_YOY · Credit

Year-on-year growth of the rouble loan book less consumer price inflation. Negative means credit is growing more slowly than prices.

Latest value
4.14% y/y
Period August 2026 · Published Sep 15, 2026, 05:49 PM MSK

How to read it

Answers whether credit is outgrowing prices. A negative reading means the loan book is contracting in real terms even while it grows in roubles, which is what happened through 2025.

How it is measured

Nominal year-on-year growth of the rouble book less CPI year on year. Real rather than nominal: nominal growth has not been below 5.6 per cent since 2019, which would make weak lending unreachable. A difference of rates rather than a ratio of deflated stocks - an approximation, exact only for small rates.

History

DateValue
August 20264.14% y/y
July 20263.55% y/y
June 20263.22% y/y
May 20263.63% y/y
April 20262.97% y/y
March 20263.05% y/y
February 20263.14% y/y
January 20262.48% y/y
December 20251.94% y/y
November 2025-0.78% y/y
October 2025-2.09% y/y
September 2025-1.79% y/y