Monday, July 23 2012 18:18
In Apr 2012 share of foreign exchange loans issued in real sector grew from 59% to 63%, while share of foreign exchange time deposits dropped from 79% to 74%
ArmInfo. In Apr 2012 as compared with Mar 2012 the share of foreign exchange loans in the total amount of loans issued to residents operating in the real sector grew by 0.4% to 62.6%. The Central Bank of Armenia reports that as compared with Apr 2011 the index grew by 3.9%.
In May 2012 as compared with Apr 2012 bank loans grew by 3.7% to 1.433tr AMD or $3.6bln. As compared with May 2011 the index grew by 32.5%.
Most of the loans were consumer loans, mortgage loans as well as loans issued in the processing, agriculture and energy sectors.
In Apr 2012 as compared with Mar 2012 the share of resident foreign exchange deposits in money supply dropped by 0.1% to 42.9%. As compared with Apr 2011 the index dropped by 2.7%.
May 1 2012 the share of foreign exchange deposits in the resident deposit portfolio made up 60.6% (5.4% less than May 1 2011), while the share of resident foreign exchange time deposits in the call deposit portfolio made up 55% (4.9% less than a year before).
In Apr 2012 as compared with Mar 2012 the share of foreign exchange time deposits in the portfolio of individual resident time deposits grew by 0.3% to 73.6%. As compared with Apr 2011 the index dropped by 5.6%.
In May 2012 as compared with Apr 2012 bank deposits grew by 2.2% to 1.056tr AMD or $2.6bln. As compared with May 2011 the index grew by 39.4%.
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