December 27 (SeeNews) - The value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 14.6% year-on-year to 321.9 billion lei ($74 billion/65 billion euro) in November, compared to a 13.5% growth in October, the central bank, BNR, said on Monday.
Private lending in lei increased by 19% on the year to 231 billion lei in November, after growing by 18% in October, BNR said in a statement.
Private lending in foreign currency rose 4.7% on the year to 90 billion lei in November, compared to a 3.5% rise in October.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
Nov bln lei |
Nov y/y |
Oct y/y |
Private lending (total) |
321.980,5 |
14.6 |
13.5 |
Private lending in lei |
231.717,8 |
19.0 |
18.0 |
- individuals |
135.984,1 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
- companies |
95.933,7 |
24.7 |
22.5 |
Private lending in foreign currency |
90.262,7 |
4.7 |
3.5 |
- individuals |
27.913,0 |
-11.7 |
-11.8 |
- companies |
62.349,8 |
14.2 |
12.4 |
source: BNR
(1 euro=4.9490 lei)