72,6% OF DEPOSITS IN ARMENIAN BANKS IS FOREIGN CURRENCY

10:17, 11 March, 2015

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS: The deposits of the legal and physical
persons in the Armenian banks in the end of 2014 made 1 trillion 604
billion drams. 29,5% of it are demand deposits and 70,5% are term
deposits. The Central Bank of Armenia told Armenpress that the demand
and term deposits of the legal persons during the last trimester of
2014 increased by 5% and made 560,5 billion drams and the demand and
term deposits of the physical persons increased by 6,1%, making 43,7
billion drams.

According to the currency structure, dram deposits decreased by 7,5%,
while foreign currency deposits increased by 11,7%. In the result,
the share of foreign currency deposits in the total deposits increased
by 3,9%, reaching 72,6% in the last trimester.