Romania April Private Lending -0.3% On Month To RON204.6B

Private loans in Romanian lei rose 0.8% on the month in April, while foreign currency loans decreased by 0.4% when expressed in lei. When expressed in euros, hard currency loans were up 0.6% in April from a month earlier.

Compared with April 2010, loans in Romanian lei fell 7.8%, whereas hard currency loans rose by 3.6% when expressed in lei and by 4.9% when expressed in euros.

Deposits of non-government resident customers declined 0.2% on the month to RON171 billion.

End-April, government credit was at RON61.6 billion, up 8.8% in real terms from the year earlier month. (EUR1=RON4.1233)