At end-February 2022, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 570,572.5 million, up 0.7 percent (0.1 percent in real terms 1) month on month and 14.8 percent (5.8 percent in real terms) year on year.
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2022
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2022/
Jan. 2022
% |
Feb. 2022/
Feb. 2021
% |
| M1 (narrow money)
| 409,482.8
| 0.2
| 19.3 |
| Currency in circulation **
| 99,816.4
| 1.2
| 9.3 |
| Overnight deposits ***
| 309,666.4
| -0.1
| 22.9 |
| M2 (intermediate money)
| 570,572.5
| 0.7
| 14.8 |
| M1
| 409,482.8
| 0.2
| 19.3 |
| 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)
| 161,089.7
| 1.8
| 4.8 |
| M3 (broad money)
| 570,572.5
| 0.7
| 14.8 |
| M2
| 570,572.5
| 0.7
| 14.8 |
| 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 |
28 February 2022
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2022/
Jan. 2022
% |
Feb. 2022/
Feb. 2021
% |
| Broad money (M3)
| 570,572.5
| 0.7
| 14.8 |
| Net foreign assets **
| 262,854.4
| 0.2
| 13.6 |
| Net domestic assets ***
| 307,718.1
| 1.1
| 15.8 |
* 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 2022, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 1.3 percent (0.7 percent in real terms) from January 2022 to RON 330,765.1 million. RON-denominated loans, representing 72.5 percent of total volume of loans to non-government sector, moved up 1.7 percent, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans, representing 27.5 percent of total loans to non-government sector, grew 0.3 percent when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR).
In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 15.8 percent (6.7 percent in real terms), on the back of the 20.1 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (10.7 percent in real terms) and the 5.9 percent rise in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (up 4.3 percent when expressed in EUR).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2022
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2022/
Jan. 2022
% |
Feb. 2022/
Feb. 2021
% |
| Loans to non-government loans (total) **
| 330,765.1
| 1.3
| 15.8 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans:
| 239,796.1
| 1.7
| 20.1 |
| -households
| 138,538.2
| 1.0
| 15.4 |
| -other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 101,257.9
| 2.7
| 27.3 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans:
| 90,969.1
| 0.3
| 5.9 |
| -households
| 26,938.6
| -0.9
| -11.8 |
| -other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 64,030.5
| 0.9
| 15.6 |
* provisional data
** non-performing loans are also included
Credit to general government2 decreased 0.5 percent in February 2022 from the previous month to RON 166,715.7 million. In year-on-year comparison, this indicator increased 7.2 percent (down 1.2 percent in real terms).
Deposits of non-government resident customers went up 0.5 percent month on month to RON 481,340.1 million, while the annual growth rate was 12.6 percent (3.7 percent in real terms).
RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 63.7 percent of deposits of non-government customers, decreased 0.2 percent to RON 306,842.8 million month on month and rose 10.4 percent (1.7 percent in real terms) year on year.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
28 February 2022
(RON mill.) |
Feb. 2022/
Jan. 2022
% |
Feb. 2022/
Feb. 2021
% |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total)**
| 481,340.1
| 0.5
| 12.6 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents:
| 306,842.8
| -0.2
| 10.4 |
| - households
| 164,759.3
| -0.4
| 6.4 |
| - other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 142,083.5
| 0.2
| 15.4 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents:
| 174,497.3
| 1.7
| 16.6 |
| - households
| 121,542.6
| 1.3
| 12.9 |
| - other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 52,954.6
| 2.8
| 25.9 |
* provisional data
** it includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated households deposits went down 0.4 percent to RON 164,759.3 million month on month and increased 6.4 percent (down 1.9 percent in real terms) year on year.
RON-denominated deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) advanced by 0.2 percent (to RON 142,083.5 million) month on month and by 15.4 percent (6.3 percent in real terms) year on year.
Foreign currency-denominated deposits of residents, representing 36.3 percent of total volume of deposits of non-government customers, went up 1.7 percent against January 2022 to RON 174,497.3 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, these deposits moved ahead 1.7 percent to EUR 35,266.2 million). In year-on-year comparison, this indicator grew 16.6 percent when expressed in RON and 14.8 percent when expressed in EUR.
Foreign currency-denominated deposits of households increased by 1.3 percent from January 2022 to RON 121,542.6 million when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). On an annual basis, this indicator expanded by 12.9 percent when expressed in domestic currency and by 11.2 percent when expressed in EUR.
Foreign currency-denominated deposits of other sectors advanced 2.8 percent against January 2022 to RON 52,954.6 million when expressed in RON (2.7 percent when expressed in EUR). Compared to February 2021, this indicator moved up 25.9 percent when expressed in RON (24.0 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.
Starting with January 2022, data for preparing monetary indicators are reported by monetary financial institutions in accordance with NBR Regulation No. 4/2021 on reporting statistical data and information to the National Bank of Romania, as subsequently amended and supplemented, Title I, Chapters I and II. Between January 2007 and December 2021, data have been reported by monetary financial institutions pursuant to NBR statistical regulations in force.
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