N. Macedonia banks' end-Apr loan portfolio up 6.8% y/y

Month-on-month, the banks' loan portfolio was 1.2% higher at the end of April, the central bank said in a statement.

Loans to the corporate sector grew 6.6% on the year, reaching 218.6 billion denars at the end of April, while loans to households totalled 233.5 billion denars, up 7.0%.

(1 euro = 61.62 denars)