Private loans in Romanian lei grew 0.7% in real terms in October compared with September, while foreign currency private lending declined 0.9% when expressed in lei and 1.2% when expressed in euros.
Compared with October 2014, private lending rose 2% in real terms, as leu-denominated lending grew 18.6% and foreign currency lending dropped 12.3% when expressed in lei and 12.7 when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers increased 0.5% on the month in October, to RON233.69 billion, the data showed.
At the end of October, government credit amounted to RON84.43 billion, down 3.7% compared with September and up 7.1% in real terms compared with October 2014.