On a monthly comparison basis, M3 money supply rose 0.2% in May, the central bank, BNR, said in a monthly monetary statistics report.
In real terms, M3 grew by 5.1% on the year and inched up by 0.3% on the month in May.
Romania’s M1 monetary aggregate increased by 7.1% on the year in May, to 408.6 billion lei, after a 7.3% rise in April.
Net foreign assets rose by an annual 21.2% in May, reaching 360.8 billion lei, while net domestic assets inched up by 0.7% year-on-year to 329.4 billion lei.
Details follow (amounts in millions of lei, nominal change in percent):
May, mln lei | May y/y | April y/y | |
M3 | 690,193.4 | +10.5 | +11.4 |
M2 | 690,193.4 | +10.5 | +11.4 |
M1 | 408,629.8 | +7.1 | +7.3 |
Net foreign assets | 360,843.1 | +21.2 | +21.7 |
Net domestic assets | 329,350.3 | +0.7 | +2.5 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro = 4.9768 lei)