25 Nov 2009 15:43

Past-due loans to corporate sector up to almost 6% - CB

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Past-due loans to corporate sector up to almost 6% - CB

MOSCOW. Nov 25 (Interfax) - Past-due loans to the corporate sector rose to 5.94% of the banking sector's total corporate loan book in October, and past-due retail loans to 6.6%, a Central Bank official said.

Overall past-due debt on banking sector loans rose to 5.07%, the head of the Central Bank's banking regulations and supervision department, Alexei Simanovsky, said on the sidelines of the financial forum organized by Vedomosti.