摘要：This report presents the results of the bank lending survey for the euro area that was conducted in September 2007. The cut-off date for receipt of data from the banks participating in this survey was 27 September 2007.
The results of the October 2007 bank lending survey which refer to the third quarter of 2007 indicate a net tightening of the credit standards for loans to enterprises (from a net easing of -3% in the second quarter of 2007 to 31% in the third quarter of 2007). This follows a long period of standards remaining basically unchanged or being slightly eased. The net tightening most likely reflects the worsening of global credit market conditions. In the third quarter of 2007, banks also reported a net tightening of credit standards for housing loans to households (from a net easing of -1% in the second quarter of 2007 to 12% in the third quarter of 2007), following a slight net easing in the previous quarter. Credit standards for consumer credit and other lending to households were eased slightly, compared with basically unchanged standards in the previous quarter.
