Lending 落ちる ammo for 率 doves

By JANE PADGHAM
Updated: 00:00 BST, 31 May 2000

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There was more 弾薬／武器 for 利益／興味 率 doves from 人物／姿／数字s showing that lending to 消費者s fell last month. The Bank of England said 消費者 credit 緩和するd to £1.2bn in April from £1.3bn in March. 逮捕する mortgage lending also dropped, from £4bn to £3.3bn, fuelling talk that the 住宅 market is slowing.

にもかかわらず news from the Land Registry that house prices across the country 殺到するd by a 記録，記録的な／記録する 16.85% in the first q uarter, 経済学者s said the Bank of England would 支払う／賃金 closer attention to the lending 人物／姿／数字s and more up-to-date house prices data from 全国的な yesterday. These showed prices dropped in May for the first time since August 1998.

HSBC's Dharshini David said: 'The numbers are 一貫した with the belief that the 住宅 market is coming off the boil. There is plenty here for the Bank to sit 支援する for another couple of months at least.'

The Bank's 通貨の 政策 委員会 会合，会うs again next week. The 最近の 政策 of 氷点の 利益／興味 率s has 元気づけるd 消費者s, with 信用／信任 回復するing after three months of 悪化するing 感情. The 最新の European （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 感情 晴雨計 収集するd by 世論調査員s GfK showed the headline reading jumped to 加える two in May from minus four in April.

On the foreighn 交流s the 続けざまに猛撃する was little changed at $1.4958. The euro was 安定した at 93.26 cents and 62.34p. Bank 知事 Eddie George said the 選び出す／独身 通貨's 最近の 回復 代表するd a return to more 'normal' levels, which would 利益 Britain. 'The fact that the euro is 強化するing is a normalisation in my 見解（をとる） and it will certainly normalise the 状況／情勢 for the UK too,' he said.