April 26 (SeeNews) - The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector rose 3.1% year-on-year in March, reaching 223.1 billion lei ($53.6 billion/49.3 billion euro), after growing 2.1% in February, the central bank, BNR, said on Wednesday.
Private lending in lei increased 14.1% on the year to 129.9 billion lei in March, accelerating slightly from a 13.9% growth in February, BNR said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency decreased 9.1% to 93.17 billion lei, following a 10.6% decline in February.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
March, bln lei |
March y/y |
Feb y/y |
Private lending (total) |
223.100,4 |
3.1 |
2.1 |
Private lending in lei |
129.921,7 |
14.1 |
13.9 |
- individuals |
68.410,3 |
22.6 |
24.0 |
- companies |
61.511,4 |
6.0 |
4.4 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
93.178,7 |
-9.1 |
-10.6 |
- individuals |
45.714,8 |
-12.3 |
-13.6 |
- companies |
47.463,9 |
-5.7 |
-7.3 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.5250 lei)