Romania's bank lending growth slows down in Jan

Private lending in lei rose 5.0% on the year to 263.5 billion lei in January, after growing 5.8% in December, the central bank, BNR, said in a statement on Friday.

Private lending in foreign currency increased 7.1% on the year to 121.2 billion lei in January, as compared to a 7.9% rise the month before.

Details follow (in millions of lei, nominal change in percent):