mpc: 17 While secured lending growth had remained above 10% at an annualised rate, which was
consistent with the strengthening housing market, the growth rate of unsecured credit had slowed in
recent quarters. The average monthly flow of unsecured credit had now fallen to around half the rate
of a year ago. Within unsecured credit, the annual rate of growth of credit card lending had also
halved over the past year. The annual growth rate of the M4 monetary aggregate had increased to
12.6% in December, the highest rate since 1990.
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