The overall non-government lending stood at 210.1 billion lei (EUR47.1 billion) at the end of April, from RON210.5 billion in March.
Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.8% on the month in April, but foreign currency loans were down 1.1% when expressed in lei, and 1.3% when expressed in euros.
Compared with April 2014, non-government lending was down 4.4% in real terms. Leu lending rose 7% on the year in April, on the back of a 16.7% increase of household loans in real terms, but forex loans declined 11.6% when expressed in lei and 11% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers were up 0.8% on the month to RON228.5 billion in April.
End-April, government credit reached RON85.7 billion, a 6.9% increase in real terms from the year-earlier period.