At end-December 2012, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 222,017.2 million, up 0.6 percent (0.0 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose 2.7 percent (down 2.2 percent in real terms).
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
31 December 2012
(RON mill.) |
Dec. 2012/
Nov. 2012
(%) |
Dec. 2012/
Dec. 2011
(%) |
| M1 (narrow money) |
89,020.2 |
0.9 |
3.7 |
| Currency in circulation
| 31,476.7 |
-1.3 |
2.8 |
| Overnight deposits** |
57,543.5 |
2.1 |
4.2 |
| M2 (intermediate money) |
221,829.0 |
0.6 |
4.6 |
| M1 |
89,020.2 |
0.9 |
3.7 |
| 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) |
132,808.8 |
0.4 |
5.2 |
| M3 (broad money) |
222,017.2 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
| M2 |
221,829.0 |
0.6 |
4.6 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, marketable securities with a maturity of up to and including two years) |
188.2 |
-27.8 |
-95.5 |
*provisional data
**current accounts, demand deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
31 December 2012
(RON mill.) |
Dec. 2012/
Nov. 2012
(%) |
Dec. 2012/
Dec. 2011
(%) |
| Broad money (M3) |
222,017.2 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
| Net foreign assets ** |
35,171.6 |
-1.9 |
69.2 |
| Net domestic assets *** |
186,845.6 |
1.0 |
-4.4 |
*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-December 2012, non-government loans granted by credit institutions decreased by 1.4 percent (down 1.9 percent in real terms) from November 2012 to RON 225,874.3 million. RON-denominated loans edged up 0.1 percent (down 0.5 percent in real terms), whereas foreign currency-denominated loans fell by 2.2 percent when expressed in RON and by 0.5 percent when expressed in EUR. At end-December 2012, non-government loans climbed by 1.3 percent (down 3.5 percent in real terms) year on year, on the back of the 3.8 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (down 1.1 percent in real terms) and the 0.2 percent decline in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex loans dropped 2.6 percent).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
31 December 2012
(RON mill.) |
Dec. 2012/
Nov. 2012
(%) |
Dec. 2012/
Dec. 2011
(%) |
| Non-government loans (total) |
225,874.3 |
-1.4 |
1.3 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans: |
84,722.8 |
0.1 |
3.8 |
| - household loans |
34,377.5 |
-0.3 |
-1.9 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
50,345.3 |
0.4 |
8.0 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans: |
141,151.5 |
-2.2 |
-0.2 |
| - household loans |
70,083.9 |
-1.9 |
1.3 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
71,067.6 |
-2.5 |
-1.5 |
*provisional data
Government credit1 stood 1.0 percent higher in December 2012 at RON 78,863.8 million. At end-December 2012, government credit increased by 11.2 percent (6.0 percent in real terms) from end-December 2011.
Deposits of non-government resident customers went up 1.0 percent month on month to RON 197,294.4 million in December 2012.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
31 December 2012
(RON mill.) |
Dec. 2012/
Nov. 2012
(%) |
Dec. 2012/
Dec. 2011
(%) |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total) ** |
197,294.4 |
1.0 |
5.3 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents: |
125,453.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| - household deposits |
74,799.1 |
-0.3 |
3.7 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
50,654.7 |
2.2 |
-3.4 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents: |
71,840.6 |
1.6 |
14.5 |
| - household deposits |
47,421.7 |
0.9 |
16.7 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
24,418.9 |
2.8 |
10.5 |
*provisional data
**includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits decreased by 0.3 percent to RON 74,799.1 million. At end-December 2012, household deposits in domestic currency jumped 3.7 percent (down 1.1 percent in real terms) against end-December 2011.
RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) added 2.2 percent to RON 50,654.7 million. At end-December 2012, RON-denominated corporate deposits declined by 3.4 percent (down 7.9 percent in real terms) year on year.
Forex-denominated deposits of resident households and corporates (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) increased by 1.6 percent to RON 71,840.6 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits climbed by 2.7 percent to EUR 10,707.8 million). In year-on-year comparison, residents’ forex deposits expressed in RON advanced 14.5 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents’ forex deposits went up 11.7 percent); household forex deposits grew by 16.7 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits stood 13.8 percent higher) and forex deposits of corporates (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) rose by 10.5 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits of resident corporates expanded by 7.7 percent).
1 includes credit to general government (central government, local government and social security funds) in amount of RON 9,889.7 million and marketable securities issued by these institutional sectors running at RON 68,974.1 million (outstanding as at end-December 2012).