Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.9% on the month in March, while foreign currency loans edged up 0.6% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, hard currency loans inched down 0.1% in March from a month earlier.
Compared with March 2011, non-government lending rose 7.4% in real terms, the data showed. Foreign currency loans were up 12.6% when expressed in lei and 5.8% when expressed in euros. Loans in Romanian lei advanced 3.2% on the year in March.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 0.6% on the month to RON189.68 billion in March.
End-March, government credit reached RON79.94 billion, up 27% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.3778)