Bulgaria's non-govt deposits growth slows to 7.3% at end-Aug
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Deposits of Bulgaria's non-government sector rose by an annual 7.3% to 81.6 billion levs ($45.9 billion/41.7 billion euro) at the end of August, down from a 7.7% annual rise at the end of July, the central bank, BNB, said on Tuesday.Deposits at the end of August were equal to 70.5% of Bulgaria's estimated gross domestic product in 2019, BNB said in a statement.Deposits of households increased by an annual 8.2% to 53.7 billion levs at the end of August.Deposits of non-financial corporations totalled 24.6 billion levs, up by 3.1% year-on-year, while deposits of financial corporations added 29.7% to 3.4 billion levs.