Bank of Lithuania
2022-11-28
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Balance Sheet and Interest Rates of Monetary Financial Institutions, October 2022

Today the Bank of Lithuania published the balance sheet and interest rate data of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) for October 2022, which show that:

Deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions increased by1 €1.1 billion, or 3.1% over the month (the annual growth rate2 stood at 6.3%). Deposits of non-financial corporations and households3 increased by €457.2 million and €297.0 million, or by 4.8% and 1.5% respectively over the month (their annual growth rates were 4.8% and 3.5% respectively). General government deposits went up by €409.4 million, while those of the financial sector4 decreased by €68.3 million over October to €4.3 billion and €928.1 million respectively at the end of the month. At the end of October 2022, non-financial corporation and household deposits amounted to €9.9 billion and €20.7 billion respectively (see Chart 1);

Overnight deposits from Lithuanian households and non-financial corporations with credit institutions increased by €460.8 million and €292.2 million respectively over the month, to €9.5 billion and €17.1 billion respectively;

Loans granted by credit institutions to Lithuanian residents increased by €89.9 million, or 0.3% over the month (the annual growth rate stood at 15.9%). Loans to Lithuanian households rose by €97.4 million, or 0.7%, and those to non-financial corporations decreased by €45.5 million, or 0.4% over the month (their annual growth rates stood at 12.3% and 17.8% respectively). Loans to the financial and general government sectors augmented by €33.6 million and €4.4 million respectively. At the end of October 2022, loans to these sectors amounted to €13.5 billion, €10.2 billion, €2.0 billion and €332.7 million respectively (see Chart 2);

Loans for house purchases and consumption granted by credit institutions to Lithuanian households increased by €98.9 million and €5.7 million respectively over the month, while loans for other purposes decreased by €7.2 million – to €11.3 billion, €921.0 million and €1.3 billion respectively (see Chart 3);

Interest rates5 on new business of loans6 granted to households by credit institutions went up by 0.24 percentage point to 4.88%. Interest rates on loans for house purchase rose by 0.38 percentage point, while those on loans for consumption and other purposes fell by 0.02 percentage point and 0.78 percentage point respectively. In October 2022, interest rates on these loans comprised 3.84%, 8.94% and 4.82% respectively (see Chart 4).

Chart 1. Deposits of Lithuanian residents, excluding MFIs, with other MFIs
(outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
Deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions increased by 3.1% in October
 
Chart 2. Loans granted by other MFIs to Lithuanian residents, excluding MFIs
(outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
Deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions increased by 3.1% in October
 
Chart 3. Loans granted by other MFIs to Lithuanian households
(outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
Deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions increased by 3.1% in October
 
Chart 4. Interest rates on new business loans for households
Deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions increased by 3.1% in October

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

Detailed data on MFI interest rates is available on the Bank of Lithuania website under MFI interest rate statistics.

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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 annual growth rate is calculated as a percentage change in the base index of transaction-adjusted outstanding amounts over the year.

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

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

5 Weighted interest rates on new business during the reporting month, in percentages per annum.

6 New business covers financial contracts that specify for the first time the interest rate on a loan, and existing loan contracts which were renegotiated. New business does not cover revolving loans and overdrafts, as well as credit card debt.

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