The banks' loan portfolio amounted to 14.4 billion marka at the end of July.
BOSNIA COMMERCIAL BANKS' LOAN PORTFOLIO (in millions of Bosnian marka):
Sept'09 | Aug'09 | Sept'08 | |
TOTAL | 14,159.9 | 14,164.9 | 14,359.4 |
Short-term loans | 3,695.7 | 3,675.5 | 3,615.1 |
Long-term loans | 10,464.2 | 10,489.4 | 10,744.2 |
The banks' deposit portfolio dropped to 11.97 billion marka in September from 12.02 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.