Commercial banks' loan portfolio totalled 13.748 billion marka at the end of June.
BOSNIA COMMERCIAL BANKS' LOAN PORTFOLIO (in millions of Bosnian marka):
Aug'08 | July'08 | Aug'07 | |
TOTAL | 14,158.9 | 13,995.6 | 11,038.5 |
Short-term loans | 3,570.2 | 3,535.4 | 2,531.5 |
Long-term loans | 10,588.7 | 10,460.2 | 8,507.0 |
NOTES: Bosnia's 27 commercial banks serve a market of some 3.8 million people.
The commercial banks' deposit portfolio rose to some 12.861 billion marka at the end of August from 12.752 billion marka a month before.
The Bosnian convertible marka is pegged at a fixed exchange rate of 1.95583 to the euro under a currency board system.