At end-June 2008, broad money (M3) equalled RON 161,495.4 million, up 2.5 percent (2.2 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose 38.9 percent, or 27.9 percent in real terms.
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
30 June 2008
(RON mill.)
|
June 2008/
May 2008
(%) |
June 2008/
June 2007
(%) |
| M1 (narrow money) |
90,933.6 |
5.9 |
52.2 |
| Currency in circulation |
23,598.2 |
3.3 |
36.4 |
| Overnight deposits ** |
67,335.4 |
6.9 |
58.7 |
| M2 (intermediate money) |
161,463.0 |
2.5 |
39.0 |
| M1 |
90,933.6 |
5.9 |
52.2 |
| Deposits with an agreed maturity of up to and including two years (includes also deposits redeemable at notice of up to and including three months) |
70,529.4 |
-1.7 |
25.1 |
| M3 (broad money) |
161,495.4 |
2.5 |
38.9 |
| M2 |
161,463.0 |
2.5 |
39.0 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, negotiable debt securities with a maturity of up to and including two years) |
32.4 |
-12.6 |
-78.2 |
*provisional data
**current accounts, sight deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
30 June 2008
(RON mill.) |
June 2008/May 2008
(%) |
June 2008/June 2007
(%) |
| Broad money (M3) |
161,495.4 |
2.5 |
38.9 |
| Net foreign assets |
16,160.3 |
-21.0 |
-47.7 |
| Net domestic assets |
145,335.1 |
6.0 |
70.2 |
*provisional data
Net foreign assets shed 21.0 percent in June 2008 to RON 16,160.3 million, as a result of "Currencies" decreasing by 33.9 percent and "Gold" advancing 4.6 percent on account of gold stock revaluation. At the level of the monetary authority, foreign currency outflows consisted mainly of principal repayments and interest payments on public external debt, as well as payments to the European Commission.
Net domestic assets picked up 6.0 percent to RON 145,335.1 million.
In June 2008, non-government credit grew 3.7 percent, or 3.4 percent in real terms, from May 2008 to RON 178,180.2 million. RON-denominated loans went up 2.1 percent (1.8 percent in real terms) and foreign currency-denominated loans rose by 5.0 percent when expressed in RON and by 4.3 percent when expressed in EUR. At end-June 2008, non-government credit climbed year on year by 63.4 percent, or 50.5 percent in real terms, on the back of the 40.0 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (28.9 percent in real terms) and the 89.3 percent advance in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex loans expanded by 62.7 percent).
Table 3. Non-government credit*
| INDICATORS |
30 June 2008
(RON mill.) |
June 2008/May 2008
(%) |
June 2008/June 2007
(%) |
| Non-government credit (total) |
178,180.2 |
3.7 |
63.4 |
| RON-denominated non-government credit, of which: |
80,043.9 |
2.1 |
40.0 |
| - household credit |
38,044.9 |
1.8
| 36.4 |
| - corporate credit (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
41,999.0 |
2.4 |
43.3 |
| Forex-denominated non-government credit, of which: |
98,136.3 |
5.0 |
89.3 |
| - household credit |
48,873.2 |
6.5 |
131.5 |
| - corporate credit (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
49,263.1 |
3.6 |
60.3 |
*provisional data
Government credit1 (central government, local government and social security funds) stood 4.2 percent higher in June at RON 11,065.9 million. At end-June 2008, government credit increased 31.8 percent, or 21.4 percent in real terms, from the same year-ago period.
Deposits of non-government resident customers picked up month on month by 2.5 percent, reaching RON 140,724.9 million.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
30 June 2008
(RON mill.) |
June 2008/May 2008
(%) |
June 2008/June 2007
(%) |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total)** |
140,724.9 |
2.5 |
40.1 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents, of which: |
92,739.6 |
3.0 |
32.2 |
| - household deposits |
49,655.9 |
3.2 |
38.8 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
43,083.7 |
2.7 |
25.3 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents, of which: |
47,985.3 |
1.5 |
58.4 |
| - household deposits |
28,274.3 |
1.5 |
62.4 |
| -corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) |
19,711.0 |
1.6 |
53.1 |
*provisional data
**includes all deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits added 3.2 percent to RON 49,655.9 million. At end-June 2008, household deposits in domestic currency jumped 38.8 percent, or 27.8 percent in real terms, against the same year-ago period.
RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) increased by 2.7 percent to RON 43,083.7 million. At end-June 2008, RON-denominated corporate deposits rose year on year by 25.3 percent, or 15.4 percent in real terms.
Forex-denominated deposits of resident households and corporates (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) advanced 1.5 percent to RON 47,985.3 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits went up 0.8 percent to EUR 13,155.7 million).
In year-on-year comparison, residents' forex deposits expressed in RON advanced 58.4 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents' forex deposits expanded by 36.1 percent); household deposits in foreign exchange surged 62.4 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits increased by 39.5 percent); corporate deposits in foreign exchange (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) were up 53.1 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, deposits in foreign exchange of corporate residents rose 31.6 percent).
1Marketable securities included