November 24 (SeeNews) - The deposits of the non-governmental sector in Romanian banks grew 7.1% on the year to 490.8 billion lei ($102.4 billion/100 billion euro) in October, compared to an annual increase of 8.7% in September, the central bank, BNR, said on Thursday.
Leu deposits increased 6.1% on the year, reaching 312.2 billion lei in October, compared to a 6.9% growth in the previous month, BNR said in a monthly monetary statistics report.
Foreign currency deposits increased 8.9% on the year to 178.6 billion lei in October, compared to the 11.9% growth in September.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
October, bln lei |
October y/y |
September y/y |
Total deposits |
490.803,2 |
7.1 |
8.7 |
Leu deposits |
312.185,5 |
6.1 |
6.9 |
-individuals |
165.448,3 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
-companies |
146.737,2 |
10.2 |
13.0 |
Foreign currency deposits |
178.617,7 |
8.9 |
11.9 |
-individuals |
124.229,3 |
7.1 |
9.2 |
-companies |
54.388,4 |
13.4 |
18.6 |
Source: BNR