Credit Growth in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Region

Joe Crowley

No 2008/184, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Rapid private sector credit growth in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia has been a result of strong economic growth, financial deepening, and banks’ willingness to explore consumer credit markets. Economic growth, the initial ratio of private sector credit to GDP, price volatility, and nonoil exports are found to be significant explanatory variables, while oil exports and spillovers from oil exporting neighbors were not found to have any significance. The credit growth has financed consumer spending and home ownership rather than investment.

Keywords: WP; credit growth; private sector credit; credit to GDP; growth regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60
Date: 2008-07-01
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