Private loans in Romanian lei declined 0.6% on the month, while foreign currency loans were down 0.3% when expressed in lei.
Compared with February 2012, non-government lending fell 5.2% in real terms, the data showed. Loans in Romanian lei decreased 0.6% on the year in February, while forex loans were down 2.6% when expressed in lei and 2.9% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers inched down 0.1%n the month to RON195.5billion in February
End-February, government credit reached RON75.7 billion, down 8.4% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4154)