Private loans in Romanian lei increased 0.5% on the month, but foreign currency loans inched down 0.2% when expressed in lei and 0.1% when expressed in euros.
Compared with April 2013, non-government lending decreased by 2% in real terms. Loans in Romanian lei rose 4.8% on the year in April, but forex loans were down 5% when expressed in lei and 7.7% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 0.5% on the month to RON215.03 billion in April.
End-April, government credit reached RON79.7 billion, up 8.2% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4164)