TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 4.8 percent on year in April, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday - coming in at 579.574 trillion yen.
That follows the downwardly revised 6.2 percent increase in March (originally 6.3 percent).
Excluding trusts, bank lending was up an annual 4.3 percent at 503.081 trillion yen - slowing from 5.9 percent in the previous month.
Lending from trusts jumped 8.3 percent on year to 76.494 trillion yen, down from 8.6 percent a month earlier.
Lending from foreign banks was up just 1.1 percent at 3.542 trillion yen, down from 8.5 percent in March.
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