October 24 (SeeNews) - The value of deposits of the non-government sector in Romanian banks grew 12.5% on the year to 291.1 billion lei ($74.2 billion/62.5 billion euro) in October, accelerating from an annual rise of 10.8% in September, the central bank, BNR, said on Friday.
Leu deposits increased 12.9% year-on-year to 196.6 billion lei in October, after growing by an annual 11.3% in the previous month, BNR said in a monthly monetary statistics report.
The annual growth rate of foreign currency deposits rose from 9.6% in September to 11.6% in October, when they totalled 94.5 billion lei.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
Oct, bln lei |
Oct y/y |
Sep y/y |
Total deposits |
291.158,6 |
12.5 |
10.8 |
Leu deposits |
196.629,6 |
12.9 |
11.3 |
- individuals |
108.181,1 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
- companies |
88.448,5 |
15.6 |
12.0 |
Foreign currency deposits |
94.529,0 |
11.6 |
9.6 |
- individuals |
64.376,4 |
10.7 |
11.3 |
- companies |
30.152,6 |
13.6 |
6.2 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.6536 lei)