September 1 (SeeNews) - The loan portfolio of commercial banks operating in Bosnia decreased to 14.400 billion marka ($10.533 billion/7.368 billion euro) at the end of July from 14.497 billion marka a month earlier, central bank figures showed.
The banks' loan portfolio amounted to 14.446 billion marka at the end of May.
BOSNIA COMMERCIAL BANKS' LOAN PORTFOLIO (in millions of Bosnian marka):
|
July'09 |
June'09 |
July'08 |
TOTAL |
14,400.20 |
14,497.0 |
13,980.5 |
Short-term loans |
3,848.4 |
5,399.2 |
3,535.4 |
Long-term loans |
10,551.8 |
10,590.8 |
10,445.1 |
The banks' deposit portfolio rose to 12.070 billion marka in July from 11.683 billion marka a month earlier.
Bosnia's 30 commercial banks serve a market of some 3.8 million people. The Bosnian convertible marka is pegged at a fixed exchange rate of 1.95583 to the euro under a currency board system.