
Moldova: The volume of new loans in November 2021 amounted to 3 billion 854.6 million lei, 32% more than in November 2020.
According to the National Bank, at the same time, the share of loans issued in national currency amounted to 68.1% of the total amount, in foreign currency - 30.5%, and loans pegged to foreign currency exchange rate - 1.4%. The volume of new loans in national currency amounted to 2 billion 625.3 million lei, down 15.5%, compared to the previous month, but up 36.1%, compared to November 2020. The volume of new loans granted in foreign currency, converted into MDL, amounted to 1 billion 173.7 million lei, up 3.8%, compared to the previous month, and up 25.1% compared to November 2020. The volume of granted loans, pegged to the foreign currency exchange rate, amounted to 55.5 million lei, up 25.2%, compared to the previous month, as well as up 5%, compared to November 2020. As far as the terms of granted credits are concerned, the most demanded were loans granted for a term of 2 to 5 years (53.2% of the total amount of loans), where loans granted to legal entities accounted for the bulk of 35.4% of the total amount of granted credits. Loans in national currency comprised mainly loans granted to individuals (48.1% share) and loans granted to non-financial commercial companies (46.3% share). At the same time, 48.5% of the latter category of loans were issued for trade. Loans in foreign currency, were mostly demanded by non-financial businesses (96.8% share), the largest share (60%) was for trade. // 29.12.2021 – InfoMarket