Japan April outstanding bank loans +1.2 pct yr/yr

TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - The balance of outstanding loans
held by most Japanese banks rose 1.2 percent in April from a year
earlier, Bank of Japan data showed on Monday. [JPBNK=ECI]

Loans held by the country's four main categories of banks,
including "shinkin", or credit unions, stood at 455.9 trillion
yen ($4,426 billion).

Excluding special factors such as loan write-offs, the loan
balance rose 1.7 percent from the same month a year earlier.

Following is a table of Japanese bank loans data
(preliminary, with year-on-year percentage changes; some previous
figures may be revised):

APRIL MAR FEB
Banks including shinkin +1.2 +1.1 +0.8
Banks excluding shinkin +1.3 +1.2 +0.9
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(Reporting by Yoko Nishikawa; Editing by Chris Gallagher)