November 5 (SeeNews) - The credit portfolio of commercial banks in Albania totalled 254.638 billion leks ($3.03 billion/2.09 billion euro) at the end of September, up by 3.2% from a month earlier, the country's central bank said on Monday.
The banks' loan portfolio increased by a monthly 3.0% in August.
At the end of September, bank lending was 53.6% higher than a year earlier.
Details follow (in billions of leks):
|
|
September’07 |
August’07 |
September’06 |
| Total credits |
254.638 |
246.764 |
165.730 |
| -lek credits |
74.300 |
72.414 |
49.414 |
| -fx credits |
180.338 |
174.349 |
116.315 |
| -to state sector |
1.522 |
0.688 |
0.0 |
| --to state non-financial institutions |
1.522 |
0.688 |
0.054 |
| -to private sector |
253.071 |
246.039 |
165.611 |
| --to individuals |
92.499 |
89.109 |
55.363 |
| --to companies |
160.573 |
156.930 |
110.248 |
| -to other financial institutions |
0.044 |
0.054 |
0.064 |
(1 euro= 121.8734 Albanian leks)