Today the Bank of Lithuania published the MFI balance sheet for December 2019, which shows that: loans granted by credit institutions to Lithuanian residents decreased by1 131.2 million over the month, to €20.3 billion. Loans to Lithuanian non-financial corporations dropped by €178.5 million, while loans to households2, the general government and financial sector3 grew by €32.6 million, €8.3 million and €6.3 million respectively. At the end of the month, loans to these sectors amounted to €8.5 billion, €10.3 billion, €368.8 million and €1.2 billion respectively (see Chart 1);
loans for house purchase granted by credit institutions to Lithuanian households increased by €65.8 million, while loans for consumption and other purposes decreased by €11.1 million and €22.0 million respectively – to €8.4 billion, €719.1 million and €1.2 billion respectively (see Chart 2);
Deposits of Lithuanian residents with credit institutions rose by €942.6 million over the month – to €25.0 billion. Household, non-financial corporation, general government, and financial sector deposits increased by €670.4 million, €141.8 million, €72.9 million and €57.4 million respectively. At the end of the month, deposits from these sectors amounted to €15.4 billion, €6.6 billion, €2.4 million and €607.4 million respectively (see Chart 3);
Overnight deposits from Lithuanian households and non-financial corporations with credit institutions grew by €664.3 million and €151.0 million respectively over the month, to €11.4 billion and €6.2 billion.
Chart 1. Loans granted by other MFIs to Lithuanian residents, excluding MFIs (outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
Chart 2. Loans granted by other MFIs to Lithuanian households (outstanding amounts, end-of-period)
Chart 3. Deposits of Lithuanian residents, excluding MFIs, with other MFIs (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.