The NBS hopes that this facility shall contribute to a more widespread response of savings depositors and to a further strengthening of the banks’ deposit base, increasing, in return, their lending potential. 2. Lending activity  In the course of the first eight months this year, total lending of the banking sector increased by 30.4%, or 73.7 billion dinars.
Within this figure, loans to economy increased by 37.8 billion dinars (+27.8%), whereas loans to households increased by 18.8 billion dinars (+66.6%). The remaining part of the lending activity of 17.1 billion dinars is comprised of loans to public sector and investments in the public sector, banks and nonresidents.