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Romania January Private Lending -1.5% On Month To RON207.8B

Romanian private lending fell 1.5% in real terms to 207.8 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.23) in January from a month earlier, but was up 4.3% on the year, central bank data showed Wednesday.
Romania January Private Lending -1.5% On Month To RON207.8B
Oana Gavrila
23 feb. 2011, 12:35, English

Private loans in Romanian lei declined 1.3% on the month to RON76.9 billion in January, while foreign currency loans decreased by 0.8% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, forex loans nudged down 0.1% in January.

Compared with January 2010, loans in Romanian lei fell 4.2% in January, whereas hard currency loans rose 10% when expressed in lei.

Deposits of non-government resident customers declined 1.8% on the month to RON174.3 billion in January.

End-January, government credit was at RON62.5 billion, up 18% in real terms from the year earlier month.