March 21 (SeeNews) - The value of Moldovan banks' outstanding loans to the private sector decreased 7.2% year-on-year to 38.89 billion lei ($1.97 billion/1.83 billion euro) in February, compared to a 8.6% annual fall in January, the central bank, BNM, said on Tuesday.
Private lending in lei fell 9.1% on the year to 21.15 billion lei in February, compared to a 9.7% drop in January, BNM said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency fell 4.8% to 17.74 billion lei, decelerating from a 7.2% drop in January.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
Feb, bln lei |
Feb y/y |
Jan y/y |
Private lending (total) |
38.896 |
-7.2 |
-8.6 |
Private lending in lei |
21.151 |
-9.1 |
-9.7 |
- non-banking financial sector |
0.710 |
3.8 |
0.4 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
0.935 |
-5.5 |
0.8 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
12.195 |
-17.0 |
-17.9 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
7.292 |
5.9 |
5.6 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
17.745 |
-4.8 |
-7.2 |
- non-banking financial sector |
0.855 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
0.635 |
-22.9 |
-23.5 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
15.939 |
-4.2 |
-6.9 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
0.314 |
-2.5 |
-5.3 |
Source: BNM
(1 euro = 21.1628 Moldovan lei)