• The availability of secured credit to households was reported to have increased in the three months to beginning-March 2013. And a further increase is expected by lenders over the next three months. • Lenders reported that the availability of unsecured credit to households also rose in 2013 Q1, with a further increase anticipated in Q2. • The overall availability of credit to the corporate sector was reported to have increased in Q1. But that increase was confined to large companies, with small and medium-sized companies reported to have experienced little change in credit availability. Lenders expected overall ... (full story)