Current Condition of Commercial Banks Loan Portfolio
By the end of December 2018, the total volume of national currency denominated loans issued by commercial banks amounted to 3.4 billion GEL (0.9 percent more compared to the previous month), and foreign currency denominated loans to resident legal entities constituted 8.1 billion GEL (2.4 percent more; exchange rate effect excluded volume of lending in the foreign currency increased by 2.9 percent).
During December 2018, the volume of lending to resident individuals increased by 1.6 percent or 223.5 million GEL, and constituted 14.2 billion GEL by January 1, 2019.
Larization ratio for total loans constituted 42.96 percent by January 1, 2019 and decreased by 0.18 percentage point (exchange rate effect excluded decreased by 0.29 percentage point), compared to December 1, 2018.
Current
statistical information is published on the NBG's website:
https://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=304&lng=eng
https://www.nbg.gov.ge/uploads/loansinglisurad/loans_to_the_economy_l3.5eng.xlsx
https://www.nbg.gov.ge/uploads/loansinglisurad/loans_structure_l3.10.1eng.xlsx