Foreign currency deposits of financialinstitutions (including foreign-funded ones) grew by 1.4 percent year-on-yearto USD150.5 billion at end-November. In particular, deposits of enterprises andpublic institutions grew by 7 percent to USD53.8 billion, yet savings depositsdecreased by 3 percent to USD86.1 billion.
Foreign currency loans issued by allfinancial institutions (including foreign-funded ones) increased by 30.2percent from a year earlier to USD130.6 billion at the end of November.Cumulative increase of foreign currency loans during the first eleven months totaledUSD28.1 billion, USD21.5 billion more than the increase recorded for the sameperiod of a year earlier. In particular, the balance of short-term loans grewby 45.6 percent to USD44.8 billion, with cumulative increase during the first elevenmonths totaling USD13.8 billion, USD9.9 billion more than the increase recordedfor the same period of a year earlier; while the balance of medium andlong-term loans rose by 32.3 percent year-on-year to USD46.6 billion, withcumulative increase during the first eleven months totaling USD9.2 billion, representingan acceleration of USD6.8 billion over the same period of 2002. New loans amountedto USD2.4 billion in November alone, up by USD1.9 billion from a year earlier.
