Retail lending at the end of June was down 0.5% on the month, but up 0.9% from the end of 2014.
After 30 months of consecutive decline, in June 2015 retail lending increased for the sixth straight month.
Seventy-one percent of retail lending is pegged to a foreign currency.
Housing loans amounted to HRK 61.6 billion at the end of June 2015, accounting for 48% of retail lending. This was a 2.2% increase on the year. Ninety-two percent of housing loans are denominated in a foreign currency.
(EUR 1 = HRK 7.5)