[RegulatorCountry]

The headline is somewhat misleading. Borrowing has declined, it hasn’t been cut off.

[RoosterRedux]

Right.

Vy misleading headline.

The decline is most likely due to a slackening of demand. It's certainly not due to a lack of capital supply. If that were the case, interest rates would rise.

[expat_panama]

They seemed convincing, especially w/ their linked article about the econ's wheels falling off (not just the fuel) but checking total loans ( https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EVANQ ) doesn't back it up.

OK, so there's no doubt about the fact that this econ is an underachiever --especially w/ employment. The drag (imho) is not (like BI's trying to tell us) credit. I blame the left's war on commerce.