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Productivity and lending during the pandemic
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2021-7-123-141
Abstract
The access to credits for companies with high productivity is an important factor for the economic recovery after the shock. In this paper, we analyze changes in banks’ lending to Russian companies’ in 2020. Our analysis shows that in 2020 the volume of new ruble credits increased relative to the level of the previous year. At the same time, there were changes in loans’ structure, which are explained by the effect of government lending support programs that began in May—June 2020. This fact indicates that a large number of firms made use of these programs last year, partially or fully covering temporary liquidity needs in the period of significant decrease in demand and revenue. Outside of the government support programs, the structure of market lending did not change significantly in 2020 compared to 2019. Banks prefer to lend to more productive companies: we see that the volume of credits to high productive firms was at the same level as in 2019. This means that efficient firms that should be drivers of economic recovery did not have problems with access to credit in 2020.
About the Authors
E. V. Bessonova
Bank of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Eugenia V. Bessonova
Moscow
S. V. Popova
Bank of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana V. Popova
Moscow
N. A. Turdyeva
Bank of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia A. Turdyeva
Moscow
A. N. Tsvetkova
Bank of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna N. Tsvetkova
Moscow
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Bessonova E.V., Popova S.V., Turdyeva N.A., Tsvetkova A.N. Productivity and lending during the pandemic. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2021;(7):123-141. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2021-7-123-141
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