Private loans in Romanian lei were up 0.2% on the month, while foreign currency loans rose 2.7% when expressed in lei. However, expressed in euros, forex lending was down 0.5% on the month.
Compared with September 2011, non-government lending fell 1.1% in real terms, the data showed. Loans in Romanian lei decreased 0.3% on the year in September. Foreign currency loans were up 3.8% on the year when expressed in lei, but down 0.4% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers edged up 0.3% on the month to RON194.2 billion in September.
End-September, government credit reached RON78.35 billion, up 14.1% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.5757)