At end-March 2021, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 499,199.2 million, up 0.4 percent (0.04 percent in real terms1) month on month and 15.0 percent (11.6 percent in real terms) year on year.
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2021
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2021/
Feb. 2021
% |
Mar. 2021/
Mar. 2020
% |
| M1 (narrow money)
| 343,531.5
| 0.1
| 19.9 |
| Currency in circulation **
| 90,494.2
| -0.9
| 16.6 |
| Overnight deposits ***
| 253,037.3
| 0.4
| 21.1 |
| M2 (intermediate money)
| 499,199.2
| 0.4
| 15.0 |
| M1
| 343,531.5
| 0.1
| 19.9 |
| 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)
| 155,667.8
| 1.2
| 5.6 |
| M3 (broad money)
| 499,199.2
| 0.4
| 15.0 |
| M2
| 499,199.2
| 0.4
| 15.0 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, debt securities with a maturity of up to and including two years)
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0 |
* provisional data
** currency outside banks
***current accounts, demand deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2021
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2021/
Feb. 2021
% |
Mar. 2021/
Mar. 2020
% |
| Broad money (M3)
| 499,199.2
| 0.4
| 15.0 |
| Net foreign assets **
| 232,893.0
| 0.7
| 17.9 |
| Net domestic assets ***
| 266,306.3
| 0.2
| 12.7 |
* 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-March 2021, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 1.8 percent (1.4 percent in real terms) from February 2021 to RON 290,569.4 million. RON-denominated loans, representing 70.1 percent of total volume of loans to non-government sector, moved up 2.1 percent, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans, representing 29.9 percent of total loans to non-government sector, grew 1.1 percent when expressed in RON (0.04 percent when expressed in EUR).
In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 6.6 percent (3.5 percent in real terms), on the back of the 11.3 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (8.0 percent in real terms) and the 3.0 percent decrease in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (down 5.0 percent when expressed in EUR).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2021
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2021/
Feb. 2021
% |
Mar. 2021/
Mar. 2020
% |
| Non-government loans (total) **
| 290,569.4
| 1.8
| 6.6 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans:
| 203,740.3
| 2.1
| 11.3 |
| -households
| 121,804.3
| 1.4
| 9.3 |
| -other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 81,936.0
| 3.0
| 14.4 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans:
| 86,829.1
| 1.1
| -3.0 |
| -households
| 30,484.5
| -0.2
| -9.8 |
| -other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 56,344.6
| 1.7
| 1.1 |
* provisional data
** non-performing loans are also included
Credit to general government2 went down 0.7 percent in March 2021 from the previous month to RON 154,397.2 million and moved up 22.3 percent (18.7 percent in real terms) year on year.
Deposits of non-government resident customers advanced by 0.7 percent month on month to RON 430,900.3 million and the annual growth rate was 14.7 percent (11.3 percent in real terms).
RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 65.0 percent of deposits of non-government customers, moved up 0.8 percent to RON 280,105.8 million month on month and 17.1 percent (13.6 percent in real terms) year on year.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2021
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2021/
Feb. 2021
% |
Mar. 2021/
Mar. 2020
% |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total)**
| 430,900.3
| 0.7
| 14.7 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents:
| 280,105.8
| 0.8
| 17.1 |
| - households
| 155,294.8
| 0.3
| 16.4 |
| - other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 124,811.0
| 1.3
| 18.0 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents:
| 150,794.5
| 0.7
| 10.5 |
| - households
| 109,275.3
| 1.5
| 12.1 |
| - other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 41,519.3
| -1.5
| 6.4 |
* provisional data
** it includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits advanced by 0.3 percent to RON 155,294.8 million month on month and 16.4 percent (13.0 percent in real terms) year on year.
RON-denominated deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) went up 1.3 percent (to RON 124,811.0 million) month on month and up 18.0 percent (14.5 percent in real terms) year on year.
Foreign currency-denominated deposits of residents, representing 35.0 percent of total volume of deposits of non-government customers, increased by 0.7 percent against February 2021 to RON 150,794.5 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, these deposits went down 0.4 percent to EUR 30,617.6 million). In year-on-year comparison, this indicator grew 10.5 percent when expressed in RON and 8.2 percent when expressed in EUR.
Foreign currency-denominated deposits of households went up 1.5 percent from February 2021 to RON 109,275.3 million when expressed in RON (up 0.5 percent when expressed in EUR). On an annual basis, this indicator expanded by 12.1 percent when expressed in domestic currency and by 9.8 percent when expressed in EUR.
Foreign currency-denominated deposits of other sectors went down 1.5 percent against February 2021 to RON 41,519.3 million when expressed in RON (down 2.5 percent when expressed in EUR). Compared to March 2020, this indicator moved up 6.4 percent when expressed in RON (up 4.3 percent when expressed in EUR).
Note:
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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