Deposits of Romanian non-government resident customers went up 0.9 percent month on month to RON 231,201.6 million in August 2015, said National Bank of Romania in a statement.

RON-denominated household deposits decreased by 0.6 percent to RON 87,696.8 million. At end-August 2015, household deposits in domestic currency rose by 7.8 percent (9.9 percent in real terms) against end-August 2014.

RON-denominated corporate deposits (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) added 3.6 percent to RON 64,055.7 million. At end-August 2015, RON-denominated corporate deposits climbed by 9.5 percent (11.6 percent in real terms) year on year.

Forex-denominated deposits of resident households and companies (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) edged up 0.3 percent to RON 79,449.1 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits went down 0.2 percent to EUR 17,925.8 million).

In year-on-year comparison, residents’ forex deposits expressed in RON advanced 5.4 percent (when expressed in EUR, residents’ forex deposits rose by 4.9 percent); household forex deposits grew by 6.7 percent when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, household forex deposits expanded by 6.2 percent) and forex deposits of legal entities (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) went up 2.8 percent when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, forex deposits of resident legal entities stood 2.3 percent higher).