Central bank eases restrictions on lending

Ljubljana, 4 May - The Slovenian central bank will adjust its macroprudential policy as risks to financial stability stemming from the property market are increasing. It will however give banks more discretion over who they lend money to, while requiring that they increase their capital buffer.

Ljubljana Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, and Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department, present the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, and Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department, present the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, and Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department, present the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, and Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department, present the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, presents the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, presents the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, and Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department, present the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Primož Dolenc, deputy governor of Banka Slovenije, and Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department, present the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department Banka Slovenije, presents the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department Banka Slovenije, presents the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department Banka Slovenije, presents the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Meta Ahtik, head of the Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy Department Banka Slovenije, presents the central bank's financial stability report and changes to macroprudential measures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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