The new loans provided this February came to 2.673,2 billion lei, down 12.5% on last February. The loans released in national currency represented 74% of all the loans, those in foreign currency – 24.4%, while the foreign currency-linked loans - 1.5%, IPN reports, with reference to data published by the National Bank of Moldova.

The loans repayable in one to five years remained the most attractive ones, constituting 53.4% of the released loans. The legal entities accounted for 34.7% of these loans.

The average rate on new loans provided in national currency was 7.4%, on loans in foreign currency – 4.13%, while on foreign currency-linked loans – 4.41%.

Combated with this January, the average rate on loans provided in national currency decreased by 0.28 percentage points, on loans in foreign currency rose by 0.03 percentage points, while on foreign currency-linked loans increased by 0.30 percentage points.

Against last February, the average rate on loans provided in national currency declined by 1.34 percentage points, in loans in foreign currency - by 0.04 percentage points, while on foreign currency-linked loans - by 1.20 percentage points.