Sentence examples for lending level from inspiring English sources

Darling denies that the banks are failing on their commitments, saying they hit targets at the gross lending level but not the net level, as people have been paying off their debts.

Chairman Philip Hampton said the group believed it was "fulfilling both the letter and the spirit" of its commitment, but said that while it had achieved more than the required mortgage lending level, loans to businesses had undershot the target.

He believes that mortgage approval levels and lending levels will be capped for some years.

Lending levels also slowed and are now the lowest they have been since February 2001.

Mortgage lending levels are not the only weak area, according to the BBA.

In 2006 when Vince Cable warned that "bad debts were growing" and that bank lending levels were "recklessly irresponsible".

The bank has kept its lending levels steady for the group as a whole, despite the increase in deposits, and said it had improved its liquidity position.

Much ground has been lost and transactions and lending levels are running at a fraction of what they were at the height of the housing boom.

Lending levels have not bounced back from only a few years ago and the loans going out are not keeping pace with the deposits rushing in.

The bank, which has been criticised for failing to meet lending levels, has targeted foreign institutions – such as banks in Spain, Germany or Ireland – that need to retreat from Britain to reduce their balance sheets.

[World Business, Section W.] Banks Pledge to Support Brazil A group of international banks has pledged to maintain lending levels in Brazil, a move that relieved some but not all the anxiety in that country's financial markets.