Romanian banks' outstanding loans up 5% y/y in Oct

Private lending in lei rose 2.2% on the year to 260.9 billion lei in October, after growing 0.7% in September, the central bank said in a statement.

Private lending in foreign currency rose 11.8% on the year to 120.9 billion lei in October, as compared to a 13.6% rise in September.

Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):

Source: BNR

(1 euro=4.97 lei)