25 iul 2011

Non-performing loans have started to flatten or even decline at certain banks in the last two or three quarters, but it remains to be seen if the restructured loans perform and if the slight lending more

8 iul 2011

Industry has increased its contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP), in the past two years through exports, and has remained the driver of the economy, analysts say. Unfortunately, industry more

7 iul 2011

The economy is expected to slow down in the second quarter against the first quarter, despite good news on May performance, say analysts. more

6 iul 2011

Almost three years after the economic crisis was first felt on the Romanian market, and after the economy has lost EUR30 billion, with tens of thousands of companies going insolvent or disappearing more

4 iul 2011

The Finance Ministry will face public debt payment spike of about EUR2.6 billion this month because a EUR1.2 billion club loan taken out from local banks in 2009 matures on July 23, and a more

1 iul 2011

Central bank governor Mugur Isarescu on Thursday for the first time publicly warned bankers that a long period of restrictions would follow in the banking business, more specifically as far as lending more

1 iul 2011

At least 6,910 jobs in state-held companies subordinated to the Economy and Transport Ministries will be cut by August this year, according to an addendum to the letter of intent sent by the Romanian more

29 iun 2011

Public investments have been dwindling for two and a half years, from the peak reached in 2008, 26.7 billion lei (EUR6.33 billion), with declines continuing into the first five months of this year, more

28 iun 2011

May brought a budget gap, after a slight budgetary surplus registered in April. The state’s expenditures on goods and services went up 18.2% from a year ago, to 2.4 billion lei (EUR568 million), more

27 iun 2011

Companies increased their foreign currency-denominated deposits with foreign banks’ branches by 1.6 billion lei (EUR0.38 billion) in the first quarter, while most lenders operating with Romanian more

16 iun 2011

Analysts of local banks believe Romania's economy had a weaker performance in the second quarter than in the first, when it rose by 0.7%, and there is even the risk of a slight GDP decline. more