Local currency lending increased 2.3% on the month in March (2.1% in real terms), while foreign currency lending declined 1.4% when expressed in lei and 1.5% when expressed in euros.
Compared with March 2015, private lending increased 2.8% (5.9% in real terms), as local currency lending increased 20.2% (23.9% in real terms), and foreign currency lending declined 11.5% when expressed in lei and 12.7% when expressed in euros.
Government credit increased 0.8% on the month in March, to RON90.3 billion.
Deposits of non-government resident customers decreased 1% on the month in March, to RON248.2 billion.