ECB loans must target families and businesses, says Visco
(AGI) Rome, Dec 15 - Loans to families and businesses werestill hard to come by, but are expected to pick up graduallybetween the beginning and the middle of 2015, Bank of Italychief Ignazio Visco told the Chamber of Deputies' FinanceCommittee. European Central Bank long-term refinancingoperations had to go to funding the real economy, tobusinessmen and consumers. He said bank loans to non-financialbusinesses would start to increase as of the middle of 2015,while loans to families should start to increase early in thenew year. In line with ECB President Mario Drahi's comments