Private loans in Romanian lei declined 0.6% on the month, while foreign currency loans fell 2.5% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, foreign currency lending inched down 0.4%, the data showed.
Compared with April 2013, non-government lending decreased by 7% in real terms. Loans in Romanian lei decreased 1.5% on the year in April, while forex loans were down 5.4% when expressed in lei and 3.8% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers inched down 0.1% on the month to RON200.7 billion in April.
End-April, government credit reached RON72.78 billion, down 14.7% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.3625)