Compared to March 2022, private lending grew by 1.1% (-2.5% in real terms) in April 2022. Local currency lending, which accounted for 72.6% of the total non-government lending, grew by 1%, and foreign currency lending expressed in lei, which accounted for 27.4% of the total non-government lending, grew by 1.5% (a similar evolution when expressed in euros).
Government credit inched up 0.7% in April 2022 compared to March 2022, up to RON165 billion. Compared to April 2021, government credit grew by 4.4% in nominal terms and fell by 8.2% in real terms, data also shows.
Deposits of non-government resident customers edged up 0.8% to RON158 billion in April 2022 compared to March 2022, and inched up 0.7% in nominal terms (-11.5% in real terms) compared to April 2021, the data showed.
Deposits of resident customers, which accounted for 37.6% of all deposits of non-government resident customers, inched up 0.3% in April 2022 compared to March 2022, up to RON180 billion (when expressed in euros, deposits grew by 0.2% to RON36 billion). Compared to April 2021, the indicator expressed in lei advanced by 19.7% (19.2% when expressed in euros).