September private credit hits Rs.236bn; highest on record

The licensed commercial banks extended a mammoth Rs.236.3 billion in new credit to the private sector in September 2025, marking a substantial 22.1 percent growth from a year earlier.

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The figure reflects the credit demand reaching record highs amid the rock-bottom interest rates and a rapidly expanding economy.

With the amount of credit disbursed for the month, September became the strongest month on record for private sector lending, surpassing the previous high set in August, when the banks expanded their private sector credit by Rs.226.8 billion.

The September figure brought total private sector credit for the first nine months of the year to an all-time high of Rs.1,364.3 billion.