December 22 (SeeNews) - The loan portfolio of Macedonia’s commercial banks climbed to 251.1 billion denars ($5.1 billion/4.1 billion euro) at the end of November from 228.6 billion denars a year earlier, central bank data indicated.
Month-on-month, the banks' loan portfolio rose 1.1% at the end of November, according to figures from the central bank.
Loans to households increased to 106.5 billion denars at the end of November from 105.7 billion denars a month earlier.
Details follow (in millions of denars):
|
End-Nov'14 |
End-Oct'14 |
Loan portfolio |
251,067 |
248,323 |
-in local currency |
195,777 |
193,794 |
-in foreign currency |
55,290 |
54,529 |
Sixteen banks operate in the country of 2.0 million people.
(1 euro = 61.5212 Macedonian denars)