Those in the industry, but not all, say a cheaper corporate loan environment could help get manufacturers in a better position to purchase new equipment, expand domestically and increase exports.
The bank's mortgage book rose 11 percent to $49.2 billion from $44.4 billion, while its corporate loan book expanded 15 percent to $20.6 billion from $18 billion.
Incidentally, they are going big on retail loans and trying to woo you and me, in order to make up for the business loss from slowing corporate loan demand.