With a possible recession looming, bankers have seen loan demand fall—and expect it to keep dropping.
Fifty-one percent of respondents said their bank’s loan demand decreased over the prior year, a 23-point increase from IntraFi’s survey a year earlier. Only three in ten reported a rise in demand, with 19% noting no change. Looking over the next year, 53% said they expect loan demand to decrease, a 41-point jump from a year earlier.
With interest rates at their highest level since 2007, banks are also seeing heightened competition for deposits—and facing the prospect it may get even tougher.