TABLE 2.1.17
	COMMERCIAL BANKS TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES BY BORROWERS 2005 - 2007 BY MONTH (EC$ 000)
	2005										2006										2007
	PERIOD ENDED	RESIDENTS'  LOANS & ADVANCES						NON-RESIDENTS LOANS	TOTAL LOANS & ADVS.		PERIOD ENDED	RESIDENTS'  LOANS & ADVANCES						NON-RESIDENTS LOANS	TOTAL LOANS & ADVS.		PERIOD ENDED	RESIDENTS'  LOANS & ADVANCES						NON-RESIDENTS LOANS	TOTAL LOANS & ADVS.
		CENTRAL & LOCAL GOV'T	STATUTORY BODIES & LOCAL CORS.	BUSINESS FIRMS	PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS	NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS	SUBSIDIARIES & AFFILIATES					CENTRAL & LOCAL GOV'T	STATUTORY BODIES & LOCAL CORS.	BUSINESS FIRMS	PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS	NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS	SUBSIDIARIES & AFFILIATES					CENTRAL & LOCAL GOV'T	STATUTORY BODIES & LOCAL CORS.	BUSINESS FIRMS	PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS	NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS	SUBSIDIARIES & AFFILIATES
	JAN	58,513	3,557	298,096	291,309	358	0	19,070	670,903		JAN	76,077	3,147	372,669	337,087	394	0	16,590	805,964		JAN	78,030	2,529	418,410	430,408	3,200	0	19,648	952,225
	FEB	62,707	3,698	291,745	297,947	351	0	19,186	675,634		FEB	74,450	2,997	375,177	342,630	395	0	16,566	812,215		FEB	78,031	2,527	431,015	439,212	3,315	0	23,745	977,845
	MAR	64,306	3,681	292,020	295,916	459	0	18,109	674,491		MAR	74,296	3,006	338,806	348,887	396	0	16,423	781,814		MAR	78,809	2,524	436,727	449,243	3,303	0	23,912	994,518
	APR	63,359	3,698	301,714	297,020	345	0	17,435	683,571		APR	74,135	3,002	344,349	353,077	398	0	16,434	791,395		APR	76,262	2,522	444,888	454,559	3,296	0	24,845	1,006,372
	MAY	66,857	3,245	298,412	304,720	371	0	16,710	690,315		MAY	73,982	2,778	342,370	361,295	354	0	16,296	797,075		MAY	74,755	2,281	397,925	547,890	3,009	-	22,874	1,048,734
	JUN	69,790	3,420	298,239	311,845	420	0	16,719	700,433		JUN	73,818	2,776	374,215	362,566	1,304	0	16,647	831,326		JUN	75,161	2,279	483,788	486,858	3,626	-	24,188	1,075,900
	JUL	69,548	3,397	304,716	312,779	406	0	16,594	707,440		JUL	77,645	2,775	375,035	369,300	4,339	0	16,780	845,874		JUL	74,232	2,402	506,558	498,154	3,964	-	17,906	1,103,216
	AUG	69,365	3,636	306,404	318,222	487	0	16,665	714,779		AUG	77,463	2,772	388,814	378,810	3,542	0	16,926	868,327		AUG	74,849	2,412	525,884	506,197	3,953	1	18,615	1,131,911
	SEP	69,222	3,629	331,266	321,826	892	0	15,372	742,207		SEP	81,191	2,771	385,114	385,644	3,115	0	16,991	874,826		SEP	83,852	2,309	524,275	545,505	4,267	1	18,519	1,178,728
	OCT	75,044	3,708	339,528	327,900	891	0	11,070	758,141		OCT	85,090	2,768	397,965	394,612	3,104	0	19,283	902,822		OCT	85,649	2,271	520,739	568,257	4,691	-	17,118	1,198,725
	NOV	74,915	4,052	359,823	326,217	890	0	16,719	782,616		NOV	79,618	2,546	404,664	406,396	2,995	0	19,700	915,919		NOV	84,302	2,017	527,214	600,074	4,654	-	26,508	1,244,769
	DEC	76,410	3,622	367,613	333,916	825	0	16,632	799,018		DEC	81,771	2,532	409,827	421,779	3,229	0	19,659	938,797		DEC	92,787	2,161	530,178	612,109	4,635	-	26,398	1,268,268
	Source:  Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
	P = Preliminary
	Last Updated: June 25th, 2008