Meantime, the value of Romanian banks' outstanding loans to the non-government sector grew 6.6% year-on-year to RON 290.6 billion in March, compared to a 5.3% growth in February, BNR said.

Private lending in the local currency, lei, increased by 11.3% yr/yr to RON 203.7 billion in March, after growing by 9.9% in February, it said.