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On 23 July, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released its monetary policy statement, which emphasised its intention to stimulate bank lending, especially to small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) and household borrowers. The policy statement notes \u201cthe need to boost output growth through sustained increase in consumer credit and mortgage loans and granting loans to our small and medium enterprises.\u201d The plan is part of the central bank’s strategy to increase the country’s banking penetration rate.<\/p>\n

If Nigeria\u2019s operating environment, which is still recovering from a 2016 recession, remains weak, increased private-sector lending will be credit negative for banks because their new loans are likely to be riskier. Increased lending \u2013 in particular to SMEs, whose balance sheets are vulnerable and whose financial records are poor, and to consumers and household borrowers, who have weak or limited credit histories \u2013 will likely create nonperforming loans (NPLs) down the road and slow banks’ ongoing reduction of NPLs.<\/p>\n

An economic slowdown, a depreciation of the Nigerian naira, the local currency, or a downturn in oil prices, would exacerbate the asset risks. The policy statement follows the CBN\u2019s early July requirement that banks maintain a minimum loan-to-deposit ratio by September, the reduction of remunerable daily placements by banks at the CBN’s Standing Deposit Facility to NGN2.0 billion from NGN7.5 billion and, more recently, banning banks from buying treasury bills at an auction for their own accounts. The individual directives would not force an average Nigerian bank to create large amounts of new loans, but taken together we believe they risk resulting in higher lending volumes and increased asset risks.<\/p>\n

A combination of few lending opportunities following Nigeria’s recession in 2016, and a stillhigh stock of NPLs tying up banks\u2019 capital is reflected in banks’ low loan origination volume. Muted economic activity has reduced demand for loans, and some borrowers have repaid their loans. Bank lending volumes contracted 6.7% in 2018 to NGN12.8 trillion and have recovered slightly to NGN12.9 trillion in April 2019 (see exhibit).<\/p>\n

More lending will increase banks\u2019 asset risks because borrowers will likely struggle to service their debt amid Nigeria’s weak economic growth, which is off its lows, but which remains weak and has not materially boosted household earnings and cash flows. We expect real GDP to increase by 2.3% this year and 2.8% in 2020, from 1.9% in 2018. Despite the increase in GDP growth, it will be insufficient to catalyse strong economic activity in the country. Nigeria’s banks are still burdened by high asset risks, with NPLs at 9.4% of all loans as of the end of June (in 2018, more than onequarter of total loans in the system missed a payment at some point and were classified as stage 2 or stage 3 loans). Although banks have reduced the volume of NPLs by 24% in 2018, increased lending will likely slow this progress. The banks\u2019 high exposure to the cyclical oil and gas sector, at about 30% of total loans, and high exposure to foreign currency loans, at about 40% of total loans, will continue to create vulnerabilities if oil prices collapse or the naira depreciates. Nigeria\u2019s operating environment is also pressured by corporates’ high leverage and a limited number of lending opportunities. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index\u2019s debt\/EBITDA ratio, a good proxy for corporate leverage in Nigeria, was high at 5.6x in May 2019, versus an average of 3.9x before the 2016 recession. The debt\/equity ratio in May was 109%, deteriorating from 76% before the 2016 recession and indicating limited capacity for corporates to assume more debt. Banks’ limited lending opportunities are reflected by the fact that 47% of loans were extended to the 100 largest clients in the banking system in the first quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n

Source: Moody’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

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