Quarterly loan demand index of small and micro-sized firms in China Q2 2018-Q2 2023
The loan demand index of small and micro-sized firms in the second quarter of 2023 in China had a value of 64.5 percent. This meant that the heads of the surveyed banking institutions on average estimated that the demand for loans would increase in the next quarter. Compared to large and medium-sized companies, survey respondents expected higher demand for loans from small and micro-sized companies.