Private loans in Romanian lei increased 1.9% in real terms in September compared with August, while foreign currency private lending declined 1.7% when expressed in lei and 1.4% when expressed in euros.
Compared with September 2014, private lending rose 2.4% in real terms, as leu-denominated loans increased 18.8% and foreign currency loans dropped 11.8% when expressed in lei, and 11.9% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers grew 0.6% in September compared with August, to RON232.58 billion, the data showed.
At the end of September, government credit amounted to RON87.712, a 1.2% increase compared with August and a 9.7% increase compared with September last year.