Private loans in lei rose 1.3% on the month in June, while foreign currency loans increased by 4% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, hard currency loans were up 1.2% in June from a month earlier.
Compared with June 2010, non-government lending declined 6.1% in real terms, due to a 6.5% drop in domestic currency loans. Foreign currency loans were up 1.6% when expressed in lei and 4.8% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 0.7% on the month to RON174.3 billion in June.
End-June, government credit was at RON67.2 billion, up 18.3% in real terms from the year earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.2233)