Credit enquiries vs credit granted

Without a credit registry in South Africa, it is very difficult to measure the demand and supply of credit. Credit granted to GDP has been relatively flat in South Africa, apart from weakness following the global financial crisis and a COVID-related decline in lending. Credit enquiries (indicative of credit demand), on the other hand, increased between 2010 and 2020 and again after the pandemic.

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