16 ian 2012

An increase in euro financing costs and a higher leu/euro exchange rate volatility could be the first effects of rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) decision to downgrade nine euro zone countries. more

13 ian 2012

Nokia's departure was one of the worst news of 2011, as Romania loses one of its largest exporters and a major temporary work provider. But the worst may be yet to come. more

11 ian 2012

Industrial output, one of the main economic indicators, continued its upward trend in November 2011, but at a much slower rate. It was one of the weakest year-on-year rises, as external demand more

6 ian 2012

Analysts welcome Romania’s central bank (BNR) decision to cut the main interest from 6% to 5.75%, considering the downward trend of inflation and the risks about an economic growth slowdown in 2012. more

4 ian 2012

The Romanian leu will remain relatively stable this year, fluctuating between 4.25 to the euro and 4.35 to the euro, a slightly narrower interval than last year. However, there is also the risk of more

31 dec 2011

Romania’s exports continued to increase in 2011, driven by foreign demand, though they slowed down in the second half, given the turmoil caused the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone countries, more

29 dec 2011

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plummeted in 2011, as Romania was not really attractive to non-residents despite the return of its economy to positive territory. Signals for 2012 are not that more

28 dec 2011

Romania sealed another two-year arrangement with the International Monetary Fund this spring, which it has so far treated as precautionary, as it has not drawn money from the amounts made available by more

22 dec 2011

Romanian banks are about to start reporting according to the international standards, which will heavily test their IT systems and administrative resources. more

19 dec 2011

The Finance Ministry will expand maturities of government securities, according to the requests of institutional investors and can even launch “specific instruments,” according to investor more

17 dec 2011

Romania needs public policies that would enhance domestic saving if it wants to benefit from additional liquidity estimated at around 17 to 18 billion lei (approximately EUR4 billion), said Ionut more

14 dec 2011

Romanian foreign direct investments, or FDI, amounted to just EUR133 million in October, while the EUR1.3 billion recorded in the first ten months covered only 32% of the current account deficit. more

12 dec 2011

The head of the National Bank of Romania’s supervisory department, Nicolae Cinteza, made his harshest statements about banks since the onset of the crisis three years ago, saying that with their way more

6 dec 2011

Mugur Isarescu, governor of the Romanian central bank BNR, hopes banks will reduce interests on loans, at least on leu-denominated ones, in line with the inflation decline, although the market trend more

25 nov 2011

The National Bank of Romania has abstained from criticism over the announcement of the Austrian supervisory authorities, while Erik Berglof, chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and more

25 nov 2011

The Romanian Banking Institute (IBR) marked its twelfth anniversary by launching two courses for bankers on the Romanian market – Chartered Banker and compliance analysts or officers, offered in more

21 nov 2011

Romania was the biggest positive surprise in the region given the 4.4% economic growth it recorded in the third quarter, note analysts of Barclays Capital, the investment division of one of the more

17 nov 2011

Most analysts have revised or are preparing to revise upwards their forecasts for economic growth for this year by around one percent point, towards 2.5%, after above-expectations data were announced more

16 nov 2011

The burden of the fiscal system on the business sector is not the amount of taxes but the excessive red tape, which continues to annoy businesspeople. more

15 nov 2011

The National Statistics Institute is due to announce its flash estimate of the gross domestic product growth for the third quarter on Tuesday. Most analysts expect an annual GDP growth of about 3% in more

14 nov 2011

The Government expects budget revenues to grow 7% next year if the flat tax remains at 16% and VAT stays at 24% under the scenario of a 2% positive economic growth and an improvement in tax collection more

11 nov 2011

The bridge bank – the latest concept of financial institution to be launched on the Romanian market – is a lending institution that could appear on the market when the National Bank of Romania more

9 nov 2011

The National Bank monitors banks’ liquidity and solvency and has so far noticed no net capital outflows, but does not rule out such moves occurring in the future. more

9 nov 2011

The long-awaited new investments financed and accepted as completed by the government in the first half of this year, which should have given the economy a boost, actually dropped by almost 60% more

4 nov 2011

Next year’s economic growth forecast could be set at 2.2% and the budget deficit target at 1.9% of GDP using the Romanian methodology of accounting (cash), according to sources close to the talks more