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Monetary indicators - August 2024

October 28, 2024

At end-August 2024, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 693,601.3 million, up 0.8 percent month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose by 10.8 percent (5.4 percent in real terms).   At end-August 2024, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 1.0 percent (0.7 percent in real terms) from July 2024 to RON 407,893.5 million. RON-denominated loans, representing 69.7 percent of total volume of loans to non-government sector, grew by 1.3 percent, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans, holding 30.3 percent of total loans to non-government sector, rose by 0.3 percent when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR).   In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 7.7 percent (2.5 percent in real terms), on the back of the 10.0 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (4.7 percent in real terms) and the 2.7 percent rise in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (2.0 percent when expressed in EUR).   At end-August 2024, credit to general governemnt granted by credit institutions increased by 1.3 percent from July 2024, to RON 220,307.6 million. In year-on-year comparison, this indicator grew by 20.7 percent (14.8 percent in real terms).   Deposits of non-government resident customers rose by 0.7 percent month on month to RON 591,511.0 million, while the annual growth rate was 10.9 percent (5.5 percent in real terms).   RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 70.7 percent of deposits of non government customers, picked up by 1.0 percent to RON 417,989.7 million month on month. In year-on-year comparison, they advanced 15.2 percent (9.7 percent in real terms).   RON-denominated household deposits increased by 0.5 percent to RON 237,238.4 million month on month and by 19.6 percent (13.8 percent in real terms) year on year. RON-denominated deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) advanced by 1.7 percent (to RON 180,751.4 million) month on month and rose by 10.0 percent (4.7 percent in real terms) year on year.   Foreign currency-denominated deposits of residents, representing 29.3 percent of the total volume of deposits of non-government customers, decreased by 0.1 percent against July 2024 to RON 173,521.3 million when expressed in domestic currency (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). Compared to August 2023, this indicator grew by 1.5 percent when expressed in RON (0.8 percent when expressed in EUR). Foreign currency-denominated deposits of households went down 0.4 percent from July 2024 to RON 119,435.9 million when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). In year-on-year comparison, the indicator increased by 0.3 percent when expressed in domestic currency (-0.5 percent when expressed in EUR).   Foreign currency-denominated deposits of other sectors picked up by 0.6 percent against July 2024 to RON 54,085.4 million when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, these deposits increased by 0.5 percent to EUR 10,867.3 million). Compared to August 2023, the indicator rose by 4.5 percent when expressed in RON (3.7 percent when expressed in EUR).    

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