Deposit Rate Cut Unlikely To Revive Bank Lending

We believe that recent attempts by Latvia's central bank to stimulate domestic lending will prove unfruitful. Given the severity of domestic deleveraging, weak corporate profitability and high unemployment, demand for new loans will remain weak. This in turn is supportive of our view that medium-term economic growth will be significantly lower than before the crisis

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