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.