At end-February 2018, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 353,453.1 million, up 1.0 percent (0.7 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose 13.4 percent (8.3 percent in real terms).
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2018
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2018/
Jan. 2018
% |
Feb. 2018/
Feb. 2017
% |
| M1 (narrow money)
| 211,142.3
| 0.9
| 17.8 |
| Currency in circulation**
| 62,824.2
| 1.4
| 13.6 |
| Overnight deposits***
| 148,318.1
| 0.6
| 19.7 |
| M2 (intermediate money)
| 353,332.1
| 1.0
| 13.4 |
| M1
| 211,142.3
| 0.9
| 17.8 |
| Deposits with an agreed maturity of up to and including two years (includes also deposits redeemable at a period of notice of up to and including three months)
| 142,189.8
| 1.2
| 7.3 |
| M3 (broad money)
| 353,453.1
| 1.0
| 13.4 |
| M2
| 353,332.1
| 1.0
| 13.4 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, marketable securities with a maturity of up to and including two years)
| 121.0
| 0.7
| 3.3 |
* provisional data
** currency outside banks
***current accounts, demand deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2018
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2018/
Jan. 2018
% |
Feb. 2018/
Feb. 2017
% |
| Broad money (M3)
| 353,453.1
| 1.0
| 13.4 |
| Net foreign assets **
| 161,718.1
| 4.8
| 13.1 |
| Net domestic assets ***
| 191,735.0
| -2.0
| 13.6 |
* provisional data
** after deducting foreign liabilities from foreign assets.
Foreign assets include: loans granted to non-residents; deposits with non-residents; debt securities held (issued by non-residents); shares and other equity with non-residents; monetary gold.
Foreign liabilities include funds raised from non-residents: deposits; negotiable debt securities issued on external markets. Starting December 2014, according to the new international statistical standards (ESA 2010), the IMF’s SDR allocations are included in foreign liabilities.
*** after deducting domestic liabilities (except M3 components) from domestic assets.
Domestic assets include: loans granted to residents; negotiable debt securities held (issued by residents); shares and other equity with residents.
Domestic liabilities (except M3 components) include funds raised from residents: deposits with an original maturity of over two years (including deposits redeemable at notice over three months); negotiable debt securities with an original maturity of over two years issued on the domestic market; capital and reserves.
At end-February 2018, non-government loans granted by credit institutions advanced 0.2 percent (down 0.1 percent in real terms) from January 2018 to RON 233,326.3 million. RON-denominated loans expanded 0.4 percent (up 0.1 percent in real terms), whereas foreign currency-denominated loans decreased by RON 27.8 million when expressed in RON (down 0.1 percent when expressed in EUR). At end-February 2018, non-government loans went up 6.1 percent (1.4 percent in real terms) year on year, on the back of the 15.8 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (10.5 percent in real terms) and the 7.0 percent decline in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex loans dropped 9.9 percent).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2018
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2018/
Jan. 2018
% |
Feb. 2018/
Feb. 2017
% |
| Non-government loans (total)**
| 233,326.3
| 0.2
| 6.1 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans:
| 146,833.8
| 0.4
| 15.8 |
| - household loans
| 81,456.4
| 1.0
| 21.4 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 65,377.4
| -0.3
| 9.4 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans:
| 86,492.5
| -0.03
| -7.0 |
| - household loans
| 41,044.8
| -0.7
| -10.6 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 45,447.6
| 0.6
| -3.4 |
* provisional data
** non-performing loans are also included
Government credit1 added 3.7 percent in February 2018 from the previous month to RON 98,415.9 million. At end-February 2018, government credit advanced 2.3 percent (down 2.3 percent in real terms) versus the same year-ago period.
Deposits of non-government resident customers went up 0.9 percent month on month to RON 306,642.6 million in February 2018.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2018
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2018/
Jan. 2018
% |
Feb. 2018/
Feb. 2017
% |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total) **
| 306,642.6
| 0.9
| 12.9 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents:
| 208,461.0
| 0.9
| 12.6 |
| - household deposits
| 113,682.8
| 1.2
| 8.8 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 94,778.2
| 0.4
| 17.7 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents:
| 98,181.6
| 0.9
| 13.4 |
| - household deposits
| 68,155.0
| 1.3
| 13.2 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 30,026.6
| 0.0
| 13.8 |
* provisional data
** includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits increased by 1.2 percent to RON 113,682.8 million. At end-February 2018, household deposits in domestic currency rose by 8.8 percent (3.9 percent in real terms) against end-February 2017.
RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) increased by 0.4 percent to RON 94,778.2 million. At end-February 2018, RON-denominated deposits of other sectors climbed by 17.7 percent (12.4 percent in real terms) year on year.
Forex-denominated deposits of resident households and companies (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) added 0.9 percent to RON 98,181.6 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits moved up 0.8 percent to EUR 21,057.7 million). In year-on-year comparison, residents’ forex deposits expressed in RON advanced 13.4 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents’ forex deposits rose by 9.8 percent); household forex deposits climbed by 13.2 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits expanded by 9.6 percent) and forex deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) added 13.8 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits of residents from other sectors rose by 10.3 percent).
1 includes credit to general government (central government, local government and social security funds) in amount of RON 9,105.1 million and debt securities issued by these institutional sectors running at RON 89,310.9 million (outstanding at end-February 2018).
Methodological notes
In the monetary balance sheets of monetary financial institutions, the accrued interest receivable/payable related to financial assets and liabilities is recorded under remaining assets/remaining liabilities.
Data for preparing monetary indicators are reported by monetary financial institutions in accordance with NBR Regulation No. 4/2014 on reporting statistical data and information to the National Bank of Romania, as subsequently amended and supplemented, Title I, Chapters I and II.
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