{"id":181751,"date":"2026-03-31T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181751\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:25:01","slug":"companies-debt-on-loans-up-11-percent-since-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181751\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies\u2019 debt on loans up 11 percent since March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Aaron Lefler \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 31, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. Legal entities owed banks 66.4 billion rubels (some $22.5 billion) in loans on March 1, posting a 11.1-percent increase year on year, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of data from the National Bank of Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state-run companies\u2019 overdue debt to banks declined almost four times year on year to 67 million rubels, while the drop in the private companies\u2019 overdue debt was even sharper, amounting to 176 million rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian banks\u2019 profits down 12.3 percent year on year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 31, Pozirk. Belarusian banks posted a combined profit of 524 million rubels (about $177.6 million) on March 1, down 12.3\u00a0percent year on year, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of central bank data. Regulatory capital rose by 7.5 percent to 25 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181734\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, Pozirk. Legal entities owed banks 66.4 billion rubels (some $22.5 billion) in loans on March 1, posting a 11.1-percent increase year on year, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of data from the National Bank of Belarus. The state-run companies\u2019 overdue debt to banks declined almost four times year on year to 67 million rubels, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159757,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-181751","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Companies\u2019 debt on loans up 11 percent since March 2025 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 31, Pozirk. 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