Loans in Romanian lei dropped 1.1% on the month in February. Foreign currency loans were up 0.1% when expressed in lei, but very slightly down when expressed in euros.
Compared with February 2011, non-government lending was up 4.9% in real terms. Private loans in lei rose 1.7% on the year in February, while foreign currency loans increased 9.5% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, hard currency loans were up 6.1% in February from the year-earlier month.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 0.3% on the month to RON188.6 billion in February.
End-February, government credit was at RON77 billion, up 19.9% in real terms from the same month of 2011. (EUR1=RON4.3712)