September 20 (SeeNews) - The value of Moldovan banks' outstanding loans to the private sector dropped 4.8% year-on-year to 41.98 billion lei ($2.12 billion/1.9 billion euro) at end-August, deepening from a 3.9% fall in July, the country's central bank, BNM, said on Tuesday.
Private lending in lei fell 10.2% on the year to 22.9 billion lei in August, accelerating from a 9.1% drop in July, BNM said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency rose 2.8% to 19.06 billion lei, decelerating from a 3.5% growth in July.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
Aug, bln lei |
August y/y |
July y/y |
Private lending (total) |
41.983 |
-4.8 |
-3.9 |
Private lending in lei |
22.920 |
-10.2 |
-9.1 |
- non-banking financial sector |
0,777 |
17.4 |
10.9 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
11.30 |
36.4 |
31.9 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
13.849 |
-16.8 |
-14.3 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
7.162 |
-3.2 |
-3.9 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
19.063 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
- non-banking financial sector |
1.025 |
16.5 |
22.2 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
0,788 |
-13.1 |
-13.6 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
16.913 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
0,335 |
-0.7 |
7.0 |
Source: BNM
(1 euro = 22.0793 Moldovan lei)