February 21 (SeeNews) - The value of Moldovan banks' outstanding loans to the private sector decreased 8.6% year-on-year to 39.1 billion lei ($1.94 billion/1.83 billion euro) in January compared to a 7.6% annual fall in December, the central bank, BNM, said on Tuesday.
Private lending in lei fell 9.7% on the year to 21.28 billion lei in January, compared to a 10.6% drop in December, BNM said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency fell 7.2% to17.83 billion lei, accelerating from a 3.8% drop in December.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
Jan, bln lei |
Jan y/y |
Dec y/y |
Private lending (total) |
39.123 |
-8.6 |
-7.6 |
Private lending in lei |
21.287 |
-9.7 |
-10.6 |
- non-banking financial sector |
0.718 |
0.4 |
-3.2 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
0.990 |
0.8 |
8.7 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
12.295 |
-17.9 |
-18.6 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
7.282 |
5.6 |
3.7 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
17.836 |
-7.2 |
-3.8 |
- non-banking financial sector |
0.882 |
1.0 |
3.4 |
- non-fin cos with a majority public capital |
0.660 |
-23.5 |
-19.6 |
- non-fin cos with majority private capital |
15.976 |
-6.9 |
-3.4 |
- other resident sectors (individuals, etc.) |
0.316 |
-5.3 |
-2.3 |
Source: BNM
(1 euro = 21.3314 Moldovan lei)