Bank of Lithuania
2020-04-29
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Balance Sheet of Monetary Financial Institutions, March 2020

Today, the Bank of Lithuania published the monetary financial institution (MFI) balance sheet for March 2020, which shows that:

deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions rose1 by €396.7 million over the month, while over the past 12 months by €3.1 billion – to €25.6 billion at the end of the month. Non-financial corporation, household2, financial sector3 and general government deposits increased by €189.1 million, €151.1 million, €54.7 million and €1.8 million respectively over the month. Deposits from these sectors at the end of the month amounted to €6.9 billion, €15.3 billion, €782.9 million and €2.7 billion respectively (see Chart 1);

overnight deposits from Lithuanian households and non-financial corporations with credit institutions increased by €231.3 million and €196.1 million over the month, to €6.5 billion and €11.4 billion respectively;

loans granted by credit institutions to Lithuanian residents decreased by €42.6 million over the month, to €20.5 billion. Loans to Lithuanian non-financial corporations, financial sector and general government fell by €43.6 million, €23.4 million and €9.9 respectively, while loans to households increased by €34.3 million. At the end of the month, loans to these sectors amounted to €8.4 billion, €1.1 billion, €344.9 million and €10.6 billion respectively (see Chart 2);

loans for house purchase granted by credit institutions to Lithuanian households increased by €53.0 million, while loans for consumption and other purposes decreased by €12.0 million and €6.7 million respectively – to €8.6 billion, €765.9 million and €1.2 billion (see Chart 3).

Chart 1. Deposits of Lithuanian residents, excluding MFIs, with other MFIs
(outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
 
Chart 2. Loans granted by other MFIs to Lithuanian residents, excluding MFIs
(outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
 
Chart 3. Loans granted by other MFIs to Lithuanian households
(outstanding amounts, end-of-period)

Detailed data on MFI assets and liabilities is available on the Bank of Lithuania website under MFI balance sheet and monetary statistics.


1 Unless otherwise specified, monthly changes in euro are presented as transactions, i.e. they are calculated by taking the difference between end-of-month outstanding amounts and then removing the effects of revaluation adjustments, exchange rate adjustments, loan write-offs and reclassifications.

2 The household sector consists of households and non-profit institutions serving households.

3 The financial sector consists of Lithuania’s investment funds and other financial intermediaries, as well as insurance undertakings and pension funds.

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