September 26 (SeeNews) - Deposits held by private individuals and businesses in Romanian banks grew 9.7% on the year in August, to 533.6 billion lei ($113.5 billion/107.4 billion euro), after increasing by 9.2% in July, the central bank, BNR, said.
Lei deposits increased 17.4% on the year in August, reaching 362.6 billion lei, compared to a 18.6% annual growth rate in July, the BNR said in a monthly monetary statistics report on Monday.
Foreign currency deposits dropped 3.8% on the year to 170.9 billion lei in August, after contracting by 6.3% the month before.
Details follow (amount in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
| |
Aug amount |
Aug y/y |
July y/y |
| Total deposits |
533.591,1 |
+9.7 |
+9.2 |
| Lei deposits |
362.684,6 |
+17.4 |
+18.6 |
| -individuals |
198.388,6 |
+24.8 |
+23.6 |
| -companies |
164.296,0 |
+9.5 |
+13.1 |
| Foreign currency deposits |
170.906,4 |
-3.8 |
-6.3 |
| -individuals |
119.128,8 |
-4.3 |
-5.7 |
| -companies |
51.777,6 |
-2.6 |
-7.6 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.969 lei)