At end-February 2012, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 217,649.6 million, up 0.5 percent (down 0.2 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose 9.9 percent (7.1 percent in real terms).
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
29 February 2012
(RON mill.) |
February 2012/
January 2012
(%) |
February 2012/
February 2011
(%) |
| M1 (narrow money)
| 86,199.9 |
-0.3 |
8.6 |
| Currency in circulation
| 31,107.6 |
2.2 |
14.9 |
| Overnight deposits**
| 55,092.3 |
-1.7 |
5.4 |
| M2 (intermediate money)
| 213,490.4 |
0.5 |
9.6 |
| M1
| 86,199.9 |
-0.3 |
8.6 |
| 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)
| 127,290.5 |
1.1 |
10.3 |
| M3 (broad money)
| 217,649.0 |
0.5 |
9.9 |
| M2
| 213,490.4 |
0.5 |
9.6 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, marketable securities with a maturity of up to and including two years)
| 4,159.2 |
-2.4 |
24.9 |
*provisional data
**current accounts, demand deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
29 February 2012
(RON mill.) |
February 2012/
January 2012
(%) |
February 2012/
February 2011
(%) |
| Broad money (M3) |
217,649.6 |
0.5 |
9.9 |
| Net foreign assets ** |
26,900.9 |
12.3 |
41.8 |
| Net domestic assets *** |
190,748.7 |
-1.0 |
6.5 |
*provisional data
**after deducting foreign liabilities from foreign assets.
Foreign assets include: loans granted to non-residents; deposits with non-residents; marketable securities (issued by non-residents); shares and other equity with non-residents; monetary gold.
Foreign liabilities include liabilities incurred by non-residents: deposits, marketable securities issued on external markets. The IMF’s SDR allocations are not included in foreign liabilities.
***after deducting domestic liabilities (except M3 components) from domestic assets.
Domestic assets include: loans granted to residents; marketable securities (issued by residents), shares and other equity with residents.
Domestic liabilities (except M3 components) include liabilities incurred by residents: deposits with an agreed maturity of over two years (including deposits redeemable at a period of notice of over three months); marketable securities with a maturity of over two years issued on domestic market; capital and reserves.
At end-February 2012, non-government loans granted by credit institutions declined by 0.1 percent (down 0.7 percent in real terms) from January 2012 to RON 222,281.1 million. RON-denominated loans decreased by 0.4 percent (down 1.1 percent in real terms), whereas foreign currency-denominated loans rose by 0.1 percent when expressed in RON, but fell by EUR 11.3 million when expressed in EUR. At end-February 2012, non-government loans climbed year on year by 7.6 percent (4.9 percent in real terms), on the back of the 4.3 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (1.7 percent in real terms) and the 9.5 percent advance in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex loans expanded by 6.1 percent).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
29 February 2012
(RON mill.) |
February 2012/
January 2012
(%) |
February 2012/
February 2011
(%) |
| Non-government loans (total) |
222,281.1 |
-0.1 |
7.6 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans: |
80,302.0 |
-0.4 |
4.3 |
| - household loans |
34,625.2 |
-0.3 |
-1.4 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
45,676.8 |
-0.5 |
9.2 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans: |
141,979.1 |
0.1 |
9.5 |
| - household loans |
69,767.8 |
0.4 |
7.9 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
72,211.3 |
-0.2 |
11.0 |
*provisional data
Government credit1 stood 4.5 percent higher in February 2012 at RON 77,039.2 million. At end-February 2012, government credit increased by 23.0 percent (19.9 percent in real terms) from the same year-ago period.
Deposits of non-government resident customers went up 0.3 percent month on month to RON 188,586.8 million in February 2012.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
29 February 2012
(RON mill.) |
February 2012/
January 2012
(%) |
February 2012/
February 2011
(%) |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total) ** |
188,586.8 |
0.3 |
9.4 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents: |
126,798.3 |
0.5 |
14.9 |
| - household deposits |
74,869.3 |
1.4 |
13.6 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
51,929.0 |
-0.8 |
16.9 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents: |
61,788.5 |
-0.2 |
-0.4 |
| - household deposits |
41,045.1 |
0.6 |
4.3 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
20,743.4 |
-1.8 |
-8.5 |
*provisional data
**includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits added 1.4 percent to RON 74,869.3 million. At end-February 2012, household deposits in domestic currency jumped 13.6 percent (10.8 percent in real terms) against the same year-ago period.
RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) dropped 0.8 percent to RON 51,929.0 million. At end-February 2012, RON-denominated corporate deposits were 16.9 percent (13.9 percent in real terms) higher year on year.
Forex-denominated deposits of resident households and corporates (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) decreased by 0.2 percent to RON 61,788.5 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits declined by 0.4 percent to EUR 14,208.8 million). In year-on-year comparison, residents’ forex deposits expressed in RON decreased by 0.4 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents’ forex deposits dropped 3.4 percent); household forex deposits grew by 4.3 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits stood 1.1 percent higher) and forex deposits of corporates (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) went down 8.5 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits of resident corporates shrank 11.4 percent).
1 includes credit to general government (central government, local government and social security funds) in amount of RON 8,813.2 million and marketable securities issued by these institutional sectors running at RON 68,226.0 million (outstanding as at end-February 2012).