Idle assets of Armenia’s commercial banks hit 5.37% in February

YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. The portion of idle and written- off assets fell by 0.18 p.p. in February from January to 5.37% in Armenia, the Central Bank reported.

According to the CB, idle and written- off assets of Armenia’s residents accounted for 5.28%.

Consumer loans accounted for the highest share of idle assets – nearly 1.42% (against 1.35% in January); commerce accounted for about 1.01% (0.98% in January); construction –for about 0.59%, processing industry for 0.54%, mortgage loans for 0.46% and other sectors for 0.26%.

Total volume of the assets at Armenia’s commercial banks amounted to 2,826.4 billion drams as of the end of February 2014.

There were a total of 21 commercial banks in Armenia as of February 28 2014. ($1=412.80 drams).–0–

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