Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – According to the statistics released by the Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG), the average liquid assets of Montenegrin banks decreased by 3.61 percent in September to €1.58 billion.

Compared with the last year’s corresponding period, the average liquid assets increased by 3.07 percent in September.

The liquidity index of the banking system was above the required minimum in this period. 

At the end of September, the combined balance of all banks amounted to €7.74 billion, 0.6 percent less than in August, and 10.9 percent more than in the same period last year.

In the overall structure of banks’ assets, the highest share was that of loans at 67.42 percent, securities at 17.28 percent, and cash and deposits with central banks at 11.97 percent, while other categories of assets accounted for 3.33 percent.

In the overall structure of liabilities, deposits had the highest share of 78.81 percent, followed by capital and loans at 12.88 percent and 4.05 percent, respectively. Other categories of liabilities accounted for the remaining 4.26 percent.

At the end of September, the total capital of banks amounted to €997.17 million, up 1.25 percent from August and 12.34 percent more at the annual level.