Local currency lending, which accounted for 69.6% of all private lending in Romania, grew 0.5% on the month in January. Foreign currency lending grew 0.2% on the month in January when expressed in lei and by 0.1% when expressed in euros.
Compared with January 2020, private lending in Romania grew 5.1% in nominal terms and 2.1% in real terms, as local currency lending grew 8.8% nominally and 5.6% in real terms. Foreign currency lending declined 2.3% on the year in January when expressed in lei and by 4.3% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers stood at RON422.103 billion in January, 0.3% higher compared with December, the data showed.
Deposits grew 15.8% in nominal terms and 12.4% in real terms in January compared with January 2020.
Government credit grew 3.7% in January compared with December, to RON150.908 billion. Compared with January 2020, government credit grew 26.4% in nominal terms and 22.7% in real terms.