{"id":205819,"date":"2026-10-01T18:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205819\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:14:03","slug":"public-sectors-loan-arrears-reported-up-8-7-times-in-january-august","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205819\/","title":{"rendered":"Public sector\u2019s loan arrears reported up 8.7 times in January-August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 31, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The government-funded sector of Belarus\u2019 economy owed 197.6 million rubels ($64.5 million) in overdue debts on loans from commercial banks as of September 1, 2026, 8.7 times more than in the same period of the previous year, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of data from the National Bank of Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banks reportedly issued 46,204.3 billion rubels worth of loans to the public sector between January and August 2026, an increase of 17.8 percent year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lending to the private sector reportedly increased by 23.4 percent to 111 billion rubels, with overdue debts rising by 44.4 percent to 235.3 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_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_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\">Average loan interest rate\u00a0resumes its decline<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 1,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The&nbsp;average interest rate on all&nbsp;loans issued by&nbsp;commercial&nbsp;banks,&nbsp;with the exception ofinterbank lending,&nbsp;declined&nbsp;by 0.04&nbsp;percentage point to 10.11&nbsp;percent in&nbsp;August, from 10.15&nbsp;percent in July and June, according to&nbsp;Pozirk\u2019s&nbsp;analysis of&nbsp;the National Bank of Belarus (NBB)\u2019s&nbsp;data. Loan interest rates remained around 11 percent from January &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/205809\">\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>August 31, Pozirk. The government-funded sector of Belarus\u2019 economy owed 197.6 million rubels ($64.5 million) in overdue debts on loans from commercial banks as of September 1, 2026, 8.7 times more than in the same period of the previous year, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of data from the National Bank of Belarus. Banks reportedly issued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-205819","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>Public sector\u2019s loan arrears reported up 8.7 times in January-August | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 31, Pozirk. 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