At the end of September, the total amount of loans granted to households and corporate clients reached 213.07 billion lei (EUR48.2 billion), compared with RON213.56 billion in the previous month, the data showed.
Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.4% on the month, but foreign currency loans were down 0.8% when expressed in both lei and euros.
Compared with September 2013, non-government lending fell 5.9% in real terms. Loans in Romanian lei rose 5.9% on the year in September, but forex loans declined 12% when expressed in lei and 11% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers were up 0.6% on the month to RON216.5 billion in September.
End-September, government credit reached RON81.4 billion, up 6.7% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4166)