The total credit in the UAE increased by 0.7% from 2.515 trillion dirhams at the end of October 2025 to 2.532 trillion dirhams at the end of November 2025. The Central Bank of the UAE announced this in its 'Monetary and Banking Developments for November 2025' report. The total banking assets increased by 0.8%, equivalent to 43 billion dirhams, from 5.208 trillion dirhams at the end of October 2025 to 5.251 trillion dirhams at the end of November 2025. The growth in domestic credit is attributed to a 2.6% increase in lending to the government sector. The overall credit growth is due to a 9-billion-dirham increase in domestic credit and an 8.7-billion-dirham increase in foreign credit.
