December 27 (SeeNews) - The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 6.8% year-on-year to 235.6 billion lei ($60.1 billion/50.7 billion euro) in November, following a 6.7% increase in October, the central bank, BNR, said on Wednesday.
Private lending in lei increased 16.1% on the year to 145.6 billion lei in November, following a rise of 16.5% in October, BNR said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency decreased by 5.4% to 89.9 billion lei, compared to a 5.9% drop in October.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
| |
Nov, bln lei |
Nov y/y |
Oct y/y |
| Private lending (total) |
235.637,1 |
6.8 |
6.7 |
| Private lending in lei |
145.656,1 |
16.1 |
16.5 |
| - individuals |
79.501,9 |
21.7 |
21.5 |
| - companies |
66.154,3 |
10.0 |
11.0 |
| Private lending in foreign currency |
89.980,9 |
-5.4 |
-5.9 |
| - individuals |
42.140,7 |
-11.3 |
-11.9 |
| - companies |
47.840,3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
source: BNR
(1 euro=4.6515 lei)