Staff Memo
Government support schemes during the Covid-19 pandemic have had a dampening effect on corporate credit risk
- Author:
- Ida Nervik Hjelseth, Haakon Solheim and Bjørn H. Vatne
- Series:
- Staff Memo
- Number:
- 3/2021
After the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the authorities have introduced a number of measures aimed at the business sector. Support has largely been given to the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic and measures to contain it. A considerable share of banks’ loan customers in these sectors have received support from one or more of these schemes. This has likely had a dampening effect on banks’ credit loss risk.
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