In 2018, bank lending to corporate customers is gradually gaining momentum mainly by means of rouble loans to non-financial institutions. Domestic bond market dynamics slowed down dramatically due to reduction of new borrowings by the Rosneft oil company. In 2018, the share of bond loans on the...

In 2018, banking credit plays the key role in the provision of the corporate sector's borrowed resources. From 2014 through 2017, increment of the total bond market debt exceeded Rb 1 trillion, which was comparable with the bank debt growth of the corporate borrowers. Bank lending notably...