At end-August 2012, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 220,291.4 million, declining 0.5 percent (down 1.0 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose 7.2 percent (3.2 percent in real terms).
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
31 August 2012
(RON mill.) |
Aug. 2012/
Jul. 2012
(%) |
Aug. 2012/
Aug. 2011
(%) |
| M1 (narrow money)
| 88,806.8
| -0.8
| 7.9 |
| Currency in circulation
| 32,890.5
| 0.0
| 14.5 |
| Overnight deposits**
| 55,916.3
| -1.2
| 4.4 |
| M2 (intermediate money)
| 220,022.0
| -0.5
| 9.8 |
| M1
| 88,806.8
| -0.8
| 7.9 |
| 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)
| 131,215.2
| -0.3
| 11.0 |
| M3 (broad money)
| 220,291.4
| -0.5
| 7.2 |
| M2
| 220,022.0
| -0.5
| 9.8 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, marketable securities with a maturity of up to and including two years)
| 269.4
| -32.1
| -94.7 |
*provisional data
**current accounts, demand deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
31 August 2012
(RON mill.) |
Aug. 2012/
Jul. 2012
(%) |
Aug. 2012/
Aug. 2011
(%) |
| Broad money (M3)
| 220,291.4
| -0.5
| 7.2 |
| Net foreign assets **
| 29,426.2
| -9.9
| 10.2 |
| Net domestic assets ***
| 190,865.2
| 1.1
| 6.7 |
*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-August 2012, non-government loans granted by credit institutions declined by 1.6 percent (down 2.1 percent in real terms) from July 2012 to RON 227,932.5 million. RON-denominated loans increased by 0.4 percent (down 0.1 percent in real terms), whereas foreign currency-denominated loans fell by 2.7 percent when expressed in RON and by 0.3 percent when expressed in EUR. At end-August 2012, non-government loans climbed by 5.7 percent (1.7 percent in real terms) year on year, on the back of the 4.3 percent rise in RON-denominated loans (0.4 percent in real terms) and the 6.5 percent advance in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex loans added 0.8 percent).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
31 August 2012
(RON mill.) |
Aug. 2012/
Jul. 2012
(%) |
Aug. 2012/
Aug. 2011
(%) |
| Non-government loans (total)
| 227,932.5
| -1.6
| 5.7 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans:
| 83,594.2
| 0.4
| 4.3 |
| - household loans
| 34,566.0
| 0.6
| -2.9 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 49,028.2
| 0.2
| 10.2 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans:
| 144,338.3
| -2.7
| 6.5 |
| - household loans
| 71,121.0
| -2.5
| 6.3 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 73,217.3
| -2.8
| 6.6 |
*provisional data
Government credit1 was down 2.9 percent in August 2012 to RON 76,590.0 million. At end-August 2012, government credit increased by 18.6 percent (14.2 percent in real terms) from the same year-ago period.
Deposits of non-government resident customers decreased by 0.5 percent month on month to RON 193,722.7 million in August 2012.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
31 August 2012
(RON mill.) |
Aug. 2012/
Jul. 2012
(%) |
Aug. 2012/
Aug. 2011
(%) |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total) **
| 193,722.7
| -0.5
| 8.8 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents:
| 125,958.2
| -0.6
| 7.3 |
| - household deposits
| 74,992.9
| -0.8
| 10.6 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 50,965.3
| -0.3
| 2.8 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents:
| 67,764.5
| -0.4
| 11.7 |
| - household deposits
| 44,575.5
| -1.4
| 11.8 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 23,189.0
| 1.7
| 11.5 |
*provisional data
**includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits went down 0.8 percent to RON 74,992.9 million. At end-August 2012, household deposits in domestic currency jumped 10.6 percent (6.4 percent in real terms) against the same year-ago period.
RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) declined by 0.3 percent to RON 50,965.3 million. At end-August 2012, RON-denominated corporate deposits were 2.8 percent (down 1.1 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 0.4 percent to RON 67,764.5 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits went up 2.1 percent to EUR 15,195.5 million). In year-on-year comparison, residents’ forex deposits expressed in RON added 11.7 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents’ forex deposits increased by 5.8 percent); household forex deposits grew by 11.8 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits stood 5.9 percent higher) and forex deposits of corporates (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) rose by 11.5 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits of resident corporates expanded by 5.6 percent).
1includes credit to general government (central government, local government and social security funds) in amount of RON 9,682.1 million and marketable securities issued by these institutional sectors running at RON 66,907.9 million (outstanding as at end-August 2012).