Local currency lending declined 0.47% (-1.2% in real terms) on the month in January, while foreign currency lending grew 2.1% when expressed in lei and by 0.6% when expressed in euros, the central bank said.
Compared with January 2018, private lending in Romania grew 8.4% (+4.9% in real terms), as local currency lending grew 12.8% (+9.2% in real terms), and foreign currency lending grew 0.9% when expressed in lei and decreased 0.8% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers stood at RON331.427 billion in January, 0.5% higher than in December, the data showed.
Deposits grew 9.5% (+6% in real terms) in January 2019 compared with January 2018.
Government credit decreased 0.6% in January compared with December, to RON104.91 billion. Compared with January 2018, government credit grew 10.6% in nominal terms and 7% in real terms.