LOANS AND THE DEPOSITS EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMIC AGENTS IN THE ARGES COUNTY, DURING JULY 2011 - JULY 2012

Crediting is one of the main activities of the commercial banks, the loans holding the largest share in all the assets of the banks, representing an important source of income, as the operating income. Increased competition among the banks and between banks and other entities which began to lend or provide funding, determined the important changes in the credit policy promoted by banks and in the structure of the credit portfolio. Through this article we want to present the theoretical aspects on crediting the economic agents, analyzing the factors contributing for taking the local banks decision to change or maintain the credit standards and we also conducted a study that reveals the structure of deposits and loans given to the economic agents, in the Arges county, from August 2011 - August 2012, aimed the modest economic dynamics propagated further increasing of the bad loans and in despite of a difficult external environment, marked by the sovereign debt crisis.