The overall non-government lending stood at 210.22 billion lei (EUR47.4 billion) at the end of February, down 0.4% in real terms from the previous month.
Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.3% on the month, but foreign currency loans were down 0.6% when expressed in lei, and 0.5% when expressed in euros.
Compared with February 2014, non-government lending was down 4.1% in real terms. Leu lending rose 6.7% on the year in February, on the back of a 16% hike in household loans, but forex loans declined 10.8% when expressed in lei and 9.6% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers were down 0.6% on the month to RON228.82 billion in February.
End-February, government credit reached RON91.17 billion, a 7.8% increase in real terms from the year-earlier month.