September 1 (SeeNews) - The deposit portfolio of commercial banks operating in Bosnia grew to 12.070 billion marka ($8.83 billion/6.176 billion euro) at the end of July from 11.683 billion marka a month earlier, central bank figures showed.
The banks' deposit portfolio totalled 11.769 billion marka at the end of May.
BOSNIA COMMERCIAL BANKS' DEPOSIT PORTFOLIO (in millions of Bosnian marka):
|
|
July'09 |
June'09 |
July'08 |
| TOTAL |
12,070.3 |
11,682.9 |
12,705.8 |
| Demand deposits |
5,758.3 |
5,399.2 |
5,981.9 |
| Savings and term deposits |
6,311.9 |
6,283.7 |
6,723.9 |
Bosnia's 30 commercial banks serve a market of some 3.8 million people.
The banks' loan portfolio fell to 14.400 billion marka at the end of July from 14.497 billion marka a month before. The Bosnian convertible marka is pegged to the euro at a fixed exchange rate of 1.95583 per euro under a currency board system.