Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.5% on the month in August, while foreign currency loans decreased 0.3% when expressed in lei and increased 0.1% when expressed in euros.
Compared with August 2010, non-government lending declined 0.4% in real terms due to a 1.7 % drop in domestic currency loans. Foreign currency loans were up 4.7% when expressed in lei and 5.6% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 0.5% on the month in August, to RON178 billion.
End-August, government credit was at RON64.57 billion, up 13.6% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.3081)