November 12 (SeeNews) - The loan portfolio of commercial banks in Albania amounted to some 423.3 billion leks ($4.6 billion/3.08 billion euro) at the end of August, 15.9% up from a year earlier, central bank statistics indicated.
On a monthly basis the banks' August credit portfolio was 1.0% higher.
At the end of 2008 the banks’ credit portfolio totalled 396.3 billion leks, 35% up on the year.
Details follow (in billions of leks):
|
End-Aug'09 |
End-Aug'08 |
End-July'09 |
Total credits |
423.280 |
365.070 |
419.193 |
-to public non financial corporation |
12.840 |
6.937 |
12.597 |
-to other non financial corporation |
264.991 |
225.907 |
261.594 |
-to other financial corporation |
0.364 |
0.248 |
0.373 |
-to resident sectors |
145.085 |
131.978 |
144.629 |
Albania’s 16 commercial banks serve a market of some 3.2 million people.
(1 euro=137.4324 Albanian leks)