May 24 (SeeNews) - The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector rose 3.2% year-on-year in April, reaching 223.6 billion lei ($55 billion/49 billion euro), after growing 3.1% in March, the central bank, BNR, said on Wednesday.
Private lending in lei increased 13.5% on the year to 131.3 billion lei in April, following a rise of 14.1% in March, BNR said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency decreased 8.7% to 91.92 billion lei, following a 9.1% decline in March.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
April, bln lei |
April y/y |
March y/y |
Private lending (total) |
223.266,0 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
Private lending in lei |
131.341,8 |
13.5 |
14.1 |
- individuals |
69.315,7 |
21.1 |
22.6 |
- companies |
62.026,1 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
91.924,2 |
-8.7 |
-9.1 |
- individuals |
44.994,5 |
-12.6 |
-12.3 |
- companies |
46.929,7 |
-4.7 |
-5.7 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.5583 lei)