January 25 (SeeNews) - The value of Romanian banks’ outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 12.1% year-on-year in December, to 363.6 billion lei ($80.6 billion/74.1 billion euro), after a 13.2% rise in November, the central bank said.
Private lending increased 6.6% on the year to 250.3 billion lei in December, after growing 9.2% in November, the central bank, BNR, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Private lending in foreign currency rose 26.7% on the year to 113.2 billion lei in December, compared to a 23.4% rise in November.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
| |
Dec, bln lei |
Dec y/y |
Nov y/y |
| Private lending (total) |
363.608,2 |
12.1 |
13.2 |
| Private lending in lei |
250.336,0 |
6.6 |
9.2 |
| -individuals |
146.860,4 |
7.3 |
8.4 |
| -companies |
103.475,6 |
5.6 |
10.4 |
| Private lending in foreign currency |
113.272,2 |
26.7 |
23.4 |
| -individuals |
24.627,4 |
-10.5 |
-11.7 |
| -companies |
88.644,8 |
43.3 |
39.2 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.9016 lei)