The total outstanding loans of domestic banks stood at NT$28.1 trillion as of the end of September 2018, up by NT$68.5 billion from the previous month while their total NPLs were NT$73.7 billion, down by NT$1.2 billion from the previous month’s figure of NT$74.9 billion. The average NPL ratio was 0.26% as of the end of September 2018, down by 0.01 percentage points from the previous month’s figure of 0.27%. The NPL coverage ratio of domestic banks stood at 524.84% as of the end of September 2018, up by 7.42 percentage points from the figure of 517.42% at the end of the previous month.