August 19 (SeeNews) - The value of Moldovan banks' outstanding loans to the private sector dropped 3.9% year-on-year to 41.83 billion lei ($2.1 billion/1.9 billion euro) at end-July, deepening from a 3.8% fall in June, the country's central bank, BNM, said on Friday.
Private lending in lei was down 9.1% on the year to 23.08 billion lei in July, accelerating from a 7.9% drop in June, BNM said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency rose 3.5% to 18.75 billion lei, after an 1.7% jump in June.
Details follow (in millions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
July, mln lei |
July y/y |
June, y/y |
Private lending (total) |
41,833.4 |
-3.9 |
-3.8 |
Private lending in lei |
23,080.7 |
-9.1 |
-7.9 |
- non-banking financial sector |
734.6 |
10.9 |
14.6 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
1,102.0 |
31.9 |
35.4 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
14,137.9 |
-14.3 |
-12.3 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
7,106.2 |
-3.9 |
5.0 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
18,752.7 |
3.5 |
1.7 |
- non-banking financial sector |
1,019.2 |
22.2 |
27.7 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
767.7 |
-13.6 |
-12.3 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
16,617.3 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
348.5 |
7.0 |
0.9 |
(1 euro=22.2561 Moldovan lei)