BNR: Overdue Loans Up 1.4% To RON18B In April

05.26.2011 By Florentina Dragu

Romanian overdue private loans rose 1.4% on the month to 18.04 billion lei (EUR4.36 billion) in April, equal to 8.75% of the total lending, central bank data showed Thursday.

A month earlier, overdue non-government loans stood at RON17.8 billion.

Past due loans in Romanian lei were up 1.9% on the month to RON8.4 billion in April, while overdue foreign currency loans rose 1% to RON9.65 billion, the data showed.

End April, overall private lending nudged down 0.3% on the month to RON204.6 billion. (EUR1=RON4.1333)