Euro zone corporate lending surges amid coronavirus crisis
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lending to euro zone companies continued to surge in April as firms scrambled for emergency liquidity amid the continent's coronavirus-related lockdown, data from the European Central Bank showed on Friday.With millions of people in lock down and much of the bloc's economy mothballed, activity came to a standstill in March, forcing firms to find emergency cash to survive.Lending growth to non-financial corporations accelerated to 6.6% in April from 5.5% a month earlier, its..