April 26 (SeeNews) - The outstanding loans of Montenegro's banking sector increased to 2.506 billion euro ($2.733 billion) at the end of March, up 5.5% year-on-year, central bank data showed.
Loans to households rose by 11.9% to 1.046 billion euro, and loans to privately owned companies grew by 5.2% to 934.8 million euro, according to a report posted on the website of Montenegro's central bank, CBCG.
The total value of impairment loans in Montenegro amounted to 139.4 million euro at the end of March, versus 144.4 million euro a year earlier.
The deposits at Montenegrin banks went up 9.5% to 2.857 billion euro. The deposits of households rose by 8.4% to 1.562 billion euro and of foreign companies went up by 6.6% to 138.4 million euro.
The outstanding loans of Montenegro's banking sector at the end of 2016 amounted to 2.416 billion euro, up 1.28% year-on-year.
($ = 0.91701 euro)