Private loans in Romanian lei increased 2.1% in real terms on the month, but foreign currency loans declined 1.2% when expressed in lei and by 0.8% when expressed in euros, the central bank said.
Compared with June 2011, non-government lending rose 4.2% in real terms, the data showed. Foreign currency loans were up 7.5% when expressed in lei and 2.3% when expressed in euros. Loans in Romanian lei advanced 2.1% on the year in June.
Deposits of non-government resident customers decreased 1.2% on the month to RON191 billion in June.
End-June, government credit reached RON80.62 billion, up 17.5% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.6009)