January 26 (SeeNews) - The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 14.8% year-on-year to 324 billion lei ($74 billion/66 billion euro) in December, compared to a 14.6% growth in November, the central bank, BNR, said on Wednesday.
Private lending in lei increased by 19.6% on the year to 235 billion lei in December, after growing by 19% in November, BNR said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency rose 3.9% on the year to 89.4 billion lei in December, compared to a 4.7% rise in November.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
Dec bln lei |
Dec y/y |
Nov y/y |
Private lending (total) |
324.227,9 |
14.8 |
14.6 |
Private lending in lei |
234.841,4 |
19.6 |
19.0 |
- individuals |
136.823,4 |
15.3 |
15.2 |
- companies |
98.018,1 |
26.2 |
24.7 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
89.386,5 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
- individuals |
27.526,4 |
-11.9 |
-11.7 |
- companies |
61.860,1 |
12.8 |
14.2 |
source: BNR
(1 euro=4.9443 lei)