Private loans in Romanian lei inched up 0.1% on the month, but foreign currency loans dropped 0.8% when expressed in lei. Expressed in euros, foreign currency lending was down 0.2% on the month.
Compared with November 2011, non-government lending fell 2.2% in real terms, the data showed. Loans in Romanian lei edged down 0.7% on the year in November. Foreign currency loans were up 1.5% on the year when expressed in lei, but down 2% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers inched up 0.2% on the month to RON195.3 billion in November.
End-November, government credit reached RON78.1 billion, up 13.7% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4296)