Private lending in lei rose 5.5% on the year to 263.7 billion lei in February, after growing 5% in January, the central bank, BNR, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Private lending in foreign currency increased 3.7% on the year to 120.1 billion lei in February, as compared to a 7.1% rise the month before.
Details follow (in millions of lei, nominal change in percent):
Feb, mln lei | Feb y/y | Jan y/y | |
Private lending (total) | 383,922.5 | +4.9 | +5.7 |
Private lending in lei | 263,757.5 | +5.5 | +5.0 |
-individuals | 153,901.5 | +5.4 | +4.4 |
-companies | 109,856.0 | +5.7 | +5.8 |
Private lending in foreign currency | 120,165.1 | +3.7 | +7.1 |
-individuals | 20,613.8 | -14.2 | -13.2 |
-companies | 99,551.3 | +8.4 | +12.7 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.97328 lei)