Non-government Sector Loans Amount Increases by 8.6%, Y/Y

NW 14:45:31 10-02-2022
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116 ECONOMY - STATISTICS - LOANS

Non-government Sector Loans
Amount
Increases by 8.6%, Y/Y


Sofia, February 10 (BTA) - The number of loans to non-financial corporations,
financial corporations, households and non-profit institutions serving households
(NPISHs) increased by 0.6 per cent on an annual basis at the end of the last quarter
of 2021 and their amount went up by 8.6 per cent, the Bulgarian National Bank
reported here on Thursday.

There were some 141,000 loans to non-financial corporations at the end of the last
quarter of 2021 increasing by 0.8 per cent on an annual basis. Their total amount was 37.636 billion leva marking an increase of 4.5 per cent on an annual basis.

The three economic activities with the largest share of loans in the sector were trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (27.3 per cent), manufacturing (22.1 per cent) and real estate activities (10.4 per cent).

At the end of December 2021, the loans over 1 million leva had the largest share (75.2 per cent) in the total amount of loans.

There were a total of 900 loans to financial corporations at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, marking an increase of 16.2 per cent on an annual basis and amounting 5.009 billion leva (annual increase of 14.6 per cent). Compared to the end of the previous quarter, the number of loans to the financial corporations sector increased by 4.1 per cent while their amount went up by 2.3 per cent.

At the end of December 2021, the loans over 1 million leva totalled 98.3 per cent of all loans to the sector.

At the end of December 2021, the number of loans to households and NPISHs increased by 0.6 per cent on an annual basis reaching 2.790 million. Their total amount went up by 13.4 per cent on an annual basis reaching 28.908 billion leva.

Compared to September 2021, the number of loans to households and NPISHs increased by 1.5 per cent and their total amount Ц by 2.9 per cent.

At the end of December 2021, the loans between 100,000 leva and 250,000 leva had the largest share (24 per cent) of the total amount of loans to the sector. DS/KK
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