Private loans in Romanian lei increased 0.5% on the month, while foreign currency loans inched up 0.2% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, foreign currency lending was down 0.6%, the data showed.
Compared with August 2013, non-government lending decreased by 6.1% in real terms. Loans in Romanian lei fell 2.9% on the year in August, while forex loans were down 4.6% when expressed in lei and 4.1% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers rose 1.6% on the month to RON203.55 billion in August.
End-August, government credit reached RON73.45 billion, down 7.5% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4712)