Private loans in Romanian lei increased by 2.5% in real terms on the month in August, while foreign currency-denominated loans declined 0.5% when expressed in lei and 1% when expressed in euros.
Compared with August 2014, non-government lending grew 2.1%, as leu-denominated loans grew 17.2% and foreign currency loans dropped 10.9% when expressed in lei and 11.3% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers grew 0.9% on the month in August, to RON231.2 billion, the data showed.
At the end of August, government credit amounted to RON86.64 billion, a 1.3% increase compared with July and a 9.7% increase in real terms compared with August 2014.