Bank Assets Jump 46% y/y  

Total assets of Iranian banks was 107,065.4 trillion rials ($334.5 billion) at the end of the first calendar month of fiscal year to April 20. 
It was 46% higher y/y but down 3% on a monthly basis, the Central Bank of Iran reported at the weekend.    
Foreign assets of the banks shot up 51.8% y/y -- from 15,599 trillion rials ($48.7b) in April 2021 to 23,679 trillion rials ($74b) on April 21 this year. 
Non-government companies owed 35,880.6 trillion rials ($112b) to banks in the said period, posting an annualized 48.4% rise.