Private lending in lei rose 6.4% on the year to 263.7 billion lei in March, after growing 5.5% in February, the central bank, BNR, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Private lending in foreign currency increased 1.1% on the year to 120.6 billion lei in March, as compared to a 3.7% rise the month before.
Details follow (in millions of lei, nominal change in percent):
March, mln lei | March y/y | Feb y/y | |
Private lending (total) | 387,979.8 | +4.7 | +5.7 |
Private lending in lei | 267,310.2 | +6.4 | +5.0 |
-individuals | 155,769.2 | +6.3 | +4.4 |
-companies | 111,541.0 | +6.6 | +5.8 |
Private lending in foreign currency | 120,669.6 | +1.1 | +7.1 |
-individuals | 20,259.5 | -15.4 | -13.2 |
-companies | 100,410.1 | +0.9 | +12.7 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.97629)