At the end of August, the total amount of loans granted to households and corporate clients reached 213.56 billion lei (EUR48.5 billion), compared with RON213.8 billion in the previous month, central bank data showed Tuesday.
Private loans in Romanian lei rose 1% on the month, but foreign currency loans were down 0.7% when expressed in lei and 0.6% when expressed in euros.
Compared with August 2013, non-government lending fell 4.6% in real terms. Loans in Romanian lei rose 8.1% on the year in August, but forex loans declined 11.5% when expressed in lei and 11.1% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers inched 0.4% higher on the month to RON215.2 billion in August.
End-August, government credit reached RON80.3 billion, up 8.4% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4029)