February 1 (SeeNews) - The outstanding loans of Serbian banks increased to 2.032 trillion dinars ($17.7 billion/16.4 billion euro) at the end of 2016, up 2.6% year-on-year, according to central bank data.
Loans to households rose by 10.5% to 839.5 billion dinars last year, while loans to privately-owned companies grew by 1.8% to 1.01 trillion dinars, figures posted on the central bank's website show.
The total value of loans to public enterprises in Serbia decreased to 116.5 billion dinars at the end of 2016, compared to 169.5 billion dinars a year earlier.
Sight deposits in dinars at Serbian banks grew by 23% to 448.6 billion dinars and dinar-denominated time deposits edged up 1.1% to 200.2 billion dinars last year. Deposits in foreign currency increased by 9.6% to 1.389 trillion dinars.
The outstanding loans of Serbia's banking sector amounted to 1.98 trillion dinars at the end of 2015, up 2.8% year-on-year.
(1 euro = 123.955 dinars)