Mortgage approvals have come in at 47,094, down from 48,099 in January, and weaker than median forecasts of 48,000.
However mortage lending was up at +1.586 bln from +1.536 bln in January, better than median forecast of +1.4 bln
Consumer credit meanwhile +0.528 bln, up from January’s 0.349 bln, and above median forecast of +0.4 bln.
Final M4 money supply for February +0.2% m/m, 3.9% y/y.
