01.08.2018

The Romanian central bank monetary policy and macroprudentiality committees have discussed tightening conditions for household lending but a decision may be taken in spring, central bank governor more

01.08.2018

Romania's central bnak may decide to narrow the facilities corridor around the key rate in February, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Monday after the central bank raised the key rate to 2% more

01.08.2018

Romania's central bank on Monday raised its benchmark interest rate to 2% a year from a previous record low of 1.75% and raised the interest for deposit facilities to 1% and that for lending more

01.03.2018

Romania's foreign exchange reserves grew to EUR33.494 billion at the end of December 2017 from EUR33.062 billion at the end of November, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

12.14.2017

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR5.3 billion in January-October, compared with a deficit of EUR2.83 billion in the same period the year before, central bank data showed more

12.08.2017

Limiting interest rates on household loans is not part of a market economy, said central bank board member Daniel Daianu in response to a bill that seeks to limit interests rates on loans to at most more

12.04.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves decreased to EUR33.062 billion in November from EUR33.93 billion at the end of October, central bank data showed Monday. more

12.04.2017

Romania's central bank on Monday warned the country's gross domestic product growth above potential and higher debt due to increased interest rates pose risks to the country's macroeconomic stability. more

11.24.2017

Romanian private lending grew 0.3% (declined 0.9% in real terms) in October compared with September, to RON233.47 billion, central bank data showed Friday. more

11.13.2017

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR4.19 billion in January-September, compared with a deficit of EUR2.88 billion in the same period the year before, central bank data showed more

11.13.2017

Romania risks missing certain targets next year that count for the country's euro-adoption ambitions, such as its budget deficit, inflation and interest rates, central bank chief economist Valentin more

11.09.2017

Romania's central bank on Thursday raised its inflation forecast for the end of the year to 2.7% from a previous forecast of 1.9%, governor Mugur Isarescu said at a press briefing on the central more

11.09.2017

The Romanian leu is on an extended depreciation trend, unlike regional peers, and the currency is under pressure due to the country's ballooning trade deficit, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu more

11.07.2017

Romania's central bank expects inflation to accelerate over the short term and reach a statistical peak in the first quarter of 2018, governor Mugur Isarescu said Tuesday. more

11.07.2017

Romania's central bank on Tuesday decided to narrow its standing facilities corridor by an additional 25 basis points, to +/-1 percentage point from +/-1.25 percentage points, and kept its benchmark more

11.01.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves grew by EUR612 million in October, to EUR33.93 billion, from EUR33.32 billion at the end of September, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

10.24.2017

Romanian private lending grew 1.4% (0.9% in real terms) in September compared with August, to RON232.7 billion, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

10.16.2017

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR4.04 billion in January-August, compared with a deficit of EUR2.65 billion in the same period the year before, central bank data showed Monday. more

10.03.2017

Improved tax collection contributed to the sudden rise in interbank interest rates, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Tuesday at a press briefing following the central bank's monetary policy more

10.03.2017

Romania's central bank on Tuesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low 1.75% a year, a level unchanged since May 2015, the bank said in a statement. more

10.02.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves fell by EUR1.635 billion in September to EUR33.32 billion, from EUR34.95 billion at the end of August, the central bank said in a statement Monday. more

09.29.2017

Romania had foreign direct investments of EUR4.517 billion in 2016, central bank and statistics board data showed Friday. more

09.25.2017

Romanian private lending grew 0.7% (0.9% in real terms) in August compared with July, to RON229.468 billion, central bank data showed Monday. more

09.01.2017

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09.01.2017

Banks in Romania granted new loans of RON11 billion (EUR2.5 billion) to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2016, over three times less than the lending potential of RON34 billion, according more