June 27 (SeeNews) - The deposits of the non-governmental sector in Romanian banks grew 10.4% on the year to 481 billion lei ($104 billion/97 billion euro) in May, compared to an annual increase of 10.9% in April, the central bank, BNR, said on Monday.
Leu deposits increased 6.3% on the year, reaching 401 billion lei in May, at the same pace as in the previous month, BNR said in a monthly monetary statistics report.
Foreign currency deposits increased 18.1% on the year to 179.6 billion lei in May, compared to 19.7% growth in April.
Details follow (in billions of lei, nominal change in percent):
|
May, bln lei |
May y/y |
Apr y/y |
Total deposits |
481.079,3 |
10.4 |
10.9 |
Leu deposits |
301.437,0 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
- individuals |
156.582,1 |
-0.2 |
0.7 |
- companies |
144.854,9 |
14.2 |
13.1 |
Foreign currency deposits |
179.642,4 |
18.1 |
19.7 |
- individuals |
126.464,8 |
15.3 |
16.1 |
- companies |
53.177,5 |
25.3 |
29.4 |
(1 euro = 4.9459 Romanian lei)