At end-March 2017, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 315,143.2 million, up 0.9 percent (0.8 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose 12.2 percent (12.0 percent in real terms).
Table 1. Monetary aggregates*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2017
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2017/
Feb. 2017
% |
Mar. 2017/
Mar. 2016
% |
| M1 (narrow money)
| 181,048.6
| 1.0
| 24.0 |
| Currency in circulation
| 55,728.0
| 0.8
| 19.7 |
| Overnight deposits**
| 125,320.6
| 1.2
| 26.0 |
| M2 (intermediate money)
| 315,022.1
| 0.9
| 12.2 |
| M1
| 181,048.6
| 1.0
| 24.0 |
| 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)
| 133,973.5
| 0.7
| -0.5 |
| M3 (broad money)
| 315,143.2
| 0.9
| 12.2 |
| M2
| 315,022.1
| 0.9
| 12.2 |
| Other marketable instruments (repurchase agreements, money market fund shares and units, marketable securities with a maturity of up to and including two years)
| 121.1
| 3.4
| 9.0 |
* provisional data
** currency outside banks
***current accounts, demand deposits
Table 2. Broad money and its counterpart*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2017
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2017/
Feb. 2017
% |
Mar. 2017/
Mar. 2016
% |
| Broad money (M3)
| 315,143.2
| 0.9
| 12.2 |
| Net foreign assets **
| 145,441.9
| 1.7
| 27.1 |
| Net domestic assets ***
| 169,701.3
| 0.3
| 2.0 |
* 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-March 2017, non-government loans granted by credit institutions went up 1.5 percent (1.4 percent in real terms) from February 2017 to RON 223,100.4 million. RON-denominated loans expanded 2.4 percent (2.3 percent in real terms), whereas foreign currency-denominated loans rose by 0.2 percent when expressed in RON, but fell by 0.5 percent when expressed in EUR. At end-March 2017, non-government loans went up 3.1 percent (3.0 percent in real terms) year on year, on the back of the 14.1 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (13.9 percent in real terms) and the 9.1 percent decline in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex loans dropped 10.6 percent).
Table 3. Non-government loans*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2017
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2017/
Feb. 2017
% |
Mar. 2017/
Mar. 2016
% |
| Non-government loans (total)
| 223,100.4
| 1.5
| 3.1 |
| RON-denominated non-government loans:
| 129,921.7
| 2.4
| 14.1 |
| - household loans
| 68,410.3
| 2.0
| 22.6 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 61,511.4
| 2.9
| 6.0 |
| Forex-denominated non-government loans:
| 93,178.7
| 0.2
| -9.1 |
| - household loans
| 45,714.8
| -0.4
| -12.3 |
| - corporate loans (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 47,463.9
| 0.9
| -5.7 |
* provisional data
** non-performing loans are also included
Government credit1 added 0.2 percent in March 2017 from a month earlier to RON 96,409.6 million. At end-March 2017, government credit advanced 6.7 percent (6.5 percent in real terms) versus the same year-ago period.
Deposits of non-government resident customers went up 0.9 percent month on month to RON 274,647.8 million in March 2017.
Table 4. Deposits of non-government resident customers*
| INDICATORS |
31 March 2017
(RON mill.) |
Mar. 2017/
Feb. 2017
% |
Mar. 2017/
Mar. 2016
% |
| Deposits of non-government resident customers (total) **
| 274,647.8
| 0.9
| 10.6 |
| RON-denominated deposits of residents:
| 187,367.9
| 1.0
| 13.5 |
| - household deposits
| 105,576.4
| 1.0
| 13.5 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 81,791.5
| 0.9
| 13.5 |
| Forex-denominated deposits of residents:
| 87,279.9
| 0.8
| 4.9 |
| - household deposits
| 60,707.4
| 0.8
| 9.9 |
| - corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions)
| 26,572.5
| 0.7
| -4.9 |
* provisional data
** includes current accounts, demand deposits and all time deposits, irrespective of maturity
RON-denominated household deposits increased by 1.0 percent to RON 105,576.4 million. At end-March 2017, household deposits in domestic currency rose by 13.5 percent (13.3 percent in real terms) against end-March 2016.
RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) edged up 0.9 percent to RON 81,791.5 million. At end-March 2017, RON-denominated corporate deposits climbed by 13.5 percent (13.3 percent in real terms) year on year.
Forex-denominated deposits of resident households and companies (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) added 0.8 percent to RON 87,279.9 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits moved ahead EUR 1.5 million to EUR 19,177.8 million). In year-on-year comparison, residents’ forex deposits expressed in RON advanced 4.9 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents’ forex deposits rose by 3.1 percent); household forex deposits climbed by 9.9 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits expanded by 8.0 percent) and forex deposits of legal entities (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) moved down 4.9 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits of resident legal entities stood 6.5 percent lower).
The next press release on monetary indicators will be issued on 24 May 2017
Methodological notes
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.
Data for preparing monetary indicators are reported by monetary financial institutions in accordance with NBR Regulation No. 4/2014 on reporting statistical data and information to the National Bank of Romania, as subsequently amended and supplemented, Title I, Chapters I and II.
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