N. Macedonia banks' end-Mar loan portfolio up 6.1% y/y

Month-on-month, the banks' loan portfolio was 0.3% higher at the end of March, the central bank said in a statement.

Loans to the corporate sector grew 5.4% on the year, reaching 214.3 billion denars at the end of March, while loans to households totalled 232.3 billion denars, up 6.8%.

(1 euro = 61.56 denars)