Private loans in Romanian lei edged up 0.3% on the month, while foreign currency loans increased 1.6% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, foreign currency lending inched down 0.2%, the data showed.
Compared with June 2013, non-government lending decreased by 6.3% in real terms. Loans in Romanian lei decreased 3% on the year in June, while forex loans were down 3.3% when expressed in lei and 3.5% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers inched up 0.1% on the month to RON202.16 billion in June.
End-June, government credit reached RON74.64 billion, down 12.1% in real terms from the year-earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.4235)