The Bank of Italy published its December 2024 “Credit supply and demand in the macro-regions” report, setting out the main findings of the Regional Bank Lending Survey (RBLS) for the first half of 2024. The publication covers loan demand from households and firms and banks’ credit supply policies, with analysis disaggregated by geographical area and economic sector. The RBLS was conducted by the Bank of Italy’s regional branches on a sample of 240 banks. The release includes an annexed report and an RBLS results dataset, both available only in Italian.