Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.3% on the month in May, while foreign currency loans increased 2.2% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, hard currency loans were up 1.1% in May from a month earlier.
Compared with April 2010, loans in Romanian lei rose 0.4%, whereas hard currency loans rose by 3.4% when expressed in lei.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 1.2% on the month to RON137 billion.
End-April, government credit was at RON64.8 billion, up 22% in real terms from the year earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.2115)