A month earlier, overdue non-government loans stood at RON19.4 billion.

Past due loans in Romanian lei were up 3.2% on the month to RON8.9 billion in July, while overdue foreign currency loans edged 0.5% to RON10.8 billion, the data showed.

End July, overall private lending was RON216 billion (around EUR51 billion), up 1.5% in real terms from the month before. (EUR1=RON4.2525)