Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.7% on the month in September, while foreign currency loans increased 3.8% when expressed in lei and increased 0.7% when expressed in euros.
Compared with September 2010, non-government lending rose 6.5% in real terms due to a 3.5% rise in local currency loans. Foreign currency loans were up 8.3% on the year when expressed in lei.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 1.7% on the month in September, to RON181 billion.
End-September, government credit was at RON65.19 billion, up 20.5% in real terms from the year-earlier month.