BANJA LUKA, January 19 (FENA) - Savings of citizens in the entity of Republika Srpska (RS), including current accounts, amount to 3 billion and 417 million KM, up 6.5 percent since end-2018.
The savings of citizens fully finance the loans issued to citizens, shows the data from the Entity Banking Agency for the first nine months of 2019.
Term deposits still account for 75 percent of total savings and have increased by six percent.
A-vista savings, or sight deposit savings, excluding citizens' current accounts, account for 25 percent of the total amount of citizens' money deposited in the banks and is up by 5 percent since the end of 2018.
Since 2016, the citizens' savings (excluding current accounts) and loans issued to citizens have been at the same level.
Loans to citizens increased by seven percent over the end of 2018, as did total deposits.
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