09.24.2012

Loan rescheduling for individuals who are late on their installment payments has not been “satisfactory’ in terms of results, according to Romania’s central bank, as the share of rescheduled more

09.18.2012

Romania’s central bank may extend the scope of its recently introduced foreign lending regulations to cover a wider range of debtors exposed to exchange rate fluctuations, including small- and more

09.17.2012

Romania's central bank Monday added 8.89 billion lei (EUR1.9 billion) to the money market via a one-week repurchase agreement operation, at an interest rate of 5.25% a year, equal to the monetary more

09.12.2012

Romanian central bank governor Mugur Isarescu admitted on Tuesday that the central bank only saw the positive side of the lending boom during the years of high growth and had an “excessively more

09.11.2012

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, were down to EUR907 million in the first seven months, from EUR963 million in the same period of 2011, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

09.11.2012

Romania's current account deficit narrowed to EUR2.44 billion in the first seven months of 2012, from EUR3.77 billion a year earlier, largely due to a lower gap of the incomes balance and a higher more

09.10.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) Monday injected 12.56 billion lei (EUR2.8 billion) into the money market in a one-week repurchase agreement operation, at an interest rate of 5.25% a year, equal to the more

09.03.2012

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell to EUR30.95 billion in August, from EUR32.14 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

09.03.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) Monday added 12.96 billion lei (EUR2.8 billion) to the money market in a one-week repurchase agreement operation, after four consecutive repos at which the bank has capped more

08.27.2012

Romanian overdue private loans rose 6.5% on the month to 26.79 billion lei (EUR6 billion) in July, equal to 11.4% of the total lending, central bank data showed Monday. more

08.27.2012

Romania’s central bank (BNR) has capped the amount offered at its weekly repurchasing operations for a fourth consecutive time Monday, according to bank data. more

08.24.2012

Romanian private lending rose 1.4% to 231.56 billion lei (EUR51.6 billion) in July, from RON227.08 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

08.20.2012

Romania’s central bank has capped the amount offered at its weekly repurchase operations for a third consecutive time Monday, according to bank data. more

08.13.2012

Romania’s central bank has capped the amount offered at its weekly repurchase operations for a second consecutive time Monday, according to bank data. more

08.13.2012

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, were down 28.9% on the year to EUR625 billion in the first half, central bank data showed Monday. more

08.13.2012

Romania's current account deficit narrowed to EUR2.4 billion in the first half of 2012, from a gap of EUR3.4 billion a year earlier, largely due to a higher current transfer surplus, central bank data more

08.06.2012

Romania’s central bank said it has capped at 6 billion lei (EUR1.3 billion) the amount offered at its weekly sale and repurchase agreement operation Monday, the first such restriction since November more

08.06.2012

Romania’s central bank Monday left its forecast on the year-end inflation unchanged at 3.2% in 2012, but warned of increased inflationary risks coming from higher prices in international markets, more

08.06.2012

Romania’s central bank (BNR) on Monday makes its first principal payment on Romania’s EUR12 billion loan from the IMF, amounting to around EUR670 million from its forex reserve. more

08.02.2012

The Romanian central bank has injected a little over EUR1 billion in the money market in July to contain the leu’s depreciation against the euro, according to estimates of ING Bank Romania. more

08.01.2012

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell slightly to EUR32.14 billion in July, from EUR32.96 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

07.31.2012

Romania’s central bank is likely to leave its key rate unchanged at a historic low of 5.25% for a third straight time at its monetary policy meeting due August 2, banking analysts said Tuesday. more

07.30.2012

Romania's central bank Monday added 12.08 billion lei (EUR4.6 billion) to the money market in a one-week repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 5.25% a year, equal to the monetary more

07.25.2012

Romanian overdue private loans rose 1.7% on the month to 25.15 billion lei (EUR5.44 billion) in June, equal to 10.95% of the total lending, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

07.25.2012

Romanians are stifled by euro loans, cut consumption, while companies count their losses. The depreciation of the leu by 7.4% against the euro this year increases the bills of the population and of more