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Bank deposits going up

Bank deposits continued their upward trend in July, Bulgarian National Bank statistics show, with everyone saving up – citizens, companies as well as financial institutions. The sums in their accounts at the end of July amounted to 33 billion euro and have been growing over the past 12 months at a rate of 9.2 percent. As usual, it is deposits by citizens that account for the lion’s share – 22 billion euro or 66 percent of the entire sum deposited in banks by the non-government sector.


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