On a monthly comparison basis, M3 money supply rose 0.02% in October, the central bank, BNR, said in a monthly monetary statistics report.
In real terms, M3 grew by 2.1% on the year and decreased by 0.6% on the month in October.
Romania’s M1 monetary aggregate decreased by 1.5% on the year in October, to 392.2 billion lei, after a 2.5% drop in October.
Net foreign assets rose by an annual 24.1% in October, reaching 320.1 billion lei, while net domestic assets decreased by 0.7% year-on-year to 320.7 billion lei.
Details follow (amounts in millions of lei, nominal change in percent):
Oct, mln lei | Oct y/y | Sept y/y | |
M3 | 640.861,4 | +10.3 | +10.1 |
M2 | 640.861,4 | +10.3 | +10.1 |
M1 | 392.263,7 | -1.5 | -2.5 |
Net foreign assets | 320.101,1 | +24.1 | +28.6 |
Net domestic assets | 320.760,3 | -0.7 | -4.2 |
Source: BNR
(1 euro=4.97 lei)