In real terms, lending rose by 4% against the end of May 2024, with the lei component rising by 5.6% and the foreign currency one expressed in euros by 4.3%.
Against April 2025, private lending went up by 1.5% in May (1% in real terms).
RON-denominated lending, weighing 69.8% in the overall non-governmental lending, rose by 1%, while foreign currency lending expressed in lei, with a 30.2% weight in the overall non-governmental lending, went up by 2.6%.
The amount of local currency loans reached RON301 billion at the end of May, of which household loans stood at RON180 billion, up 11.3% year-on-year.
Local currency loans contracted by companies advanced by 9.1% to RON121 billion.
In the first five months of 2025, the amount of foreign currency loans climbed by 6.2% year-on-year, to RON130 billion, of which household loans stood at RON16.6 billion, down 14.8% from May 2024.
Government lending in May 2025 increased by 3.4% from April 2025. Against May 2024, it rose by 21.5%.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)