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Consumer credit growth

How fast household borrowing on cards, overdrafts and loans is growing compared with a year earlier.

UK

Jul 2026

9.2%

Consumer credit growth, UK, Mar 1994 to Jul 2026
PeriodConsumer credit growth (%)
1 Aug 2021-2.0%
1 Sept 2021-1.4%
1 Oct 2021-0.6%
1 Nov 20211.0%
1 Dec 20211.6%
1 Jan 20223.3%
1 Feb 20224.5%
1 Mar 20225.1%
1 Apr 20225.8%
1 May 20225.8%
1 Jun 20226.5%
1 Jul 20227.0%
1 Aug 20227.0%
1 Sept 20227.1%
1 Oct 20227.0%
1 Nov 20227.0%
1 Dec 20227.3%
1 Jan 20237.3%
1 Feb 20237.5%
1 Mar 20237.6%
1 Apr 20237.7%
1 May 20237.5%
1 Jun 20237.5%
1 Jul 20237.4%
1 Aug 20237.6%
1 Sept 20238.0%
1 Oct 20238.2%
1 Nov 20238.6%
1 Dec 20238.6%
1 Jan 20249.0%
1 Feb 20248.8%
1 Mar 20248.7%
1 Apr 20248.1%
1 May 20248.4%
1 Jun 20247.9%
1 Jul 20247.8%
1 Aug 20247.6%
1 Sept 20247.5%
1 Oct 20247.3%
1 Nov 20246.6%
1 Dec 20246.5%
1 Jan 20256.4%
1 Feb 20256.4%
1 Mar 20256.2%
1 Apr 20256.7%
1 May 20256.5%
1 Jun 20256.8%
1 Jul 20257.0%
1 Aug 20257.2%
1 Sept 20257.3%
1 Oct 20257.5%
1 Nov 20258.1%
1 Dec 20258.2%
1 Jan 20268.4%
1 Feb 20268.6%
1 Mar 20268.9%
1 Apr 20268.8%
1 May 20269.0%
1 Jun 20269.1%
1 Jul 20269.2%

How this is measured

Published by
Bank of England
Series
LPMB4TC
Covers
UK
Published
Monthly
History
Mar 1994 to Jul 2026
Last published
Jul 2026

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and data from the Bank of England Interactive Statistical Database. TrackBritain is not affiliated with the Bank of England.

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