08.24.2017

Romanian private lending grew 0.5% (0.2% in real terms) in July compared with June, to RON227.96 billion, central bank data showed Thursday. more

08.22.2017

Romania's central bank said Tuesday there is no cause for concern regarding deposits in Romanian banks after the prime minister threatened to name banks that did not report profit and where deposits more

08.14.2017

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR2.745 billion in the first half of 2017, compared with a deficit of EUR1.958 in the same period the year before, central bank data showed more

08.10.2017

Romania's central bank will introduce a prudential norm as of October 1, 2017 on loans granted by non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) that may reduce interests paid by customers, said central more

08.08.2017

Romania's central bank has revised upwards its inflation forecast for the end of 2017, which it now sees at 1.9% from a previous forecast of 1.6%, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu told a news more

08.04.2017

Romania's central bank on Friday 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

08.01.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR34.63 billion at the end of July 2017, from EUR35.2billion end-June, due to the depreciation of the US dollar, the pound sterling, and the Japanese yen more

07.21.2017

Central bank governor Mugur Isarescu had a net income of RON1 million in 2016, the equivalent of around RON84,385 a month (EUR18,700/month), 12% lower than the previous year, according to his wealth more

07.14.2017

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR1.969 billion in January-May, compared with a deficit of EUR1.714 billion in the same period the year before, central bank data showed Friday. more

07.10.2017

The presence of large retailers helped ease inflationary pressures, while uncertainties over new fiscal and wage measures spur inflation on, the minute of the central bank's monetary policy meeting of more

07.04.2017

The central bank will not raise its benchmark interest rate unless inflation rises, which is inevitable, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Tuesday at the ZF Bankers Summit conference. more

07.03.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR35.2 billion at the end of June, from EUR35.48 billion at the end of May, the central bank said in a statement Monday. more

07.03.2017

Romania's central bank on Monday 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

06.26.2017

Romanian private lending grew 0.7% (0.4% in real terms) in May compared with April, to RON224.78 billion, central bank data showed Monday. more

06.21.2017

Political and regulatory climate is the main short-term barrier to implementing investment and productivity levels are well below the EU average, a survey presented Wednesday by the Romanian central more

06.21.2017

The central bank has identified 12,200 companies that are profitable and may be credited but funding barely trickles from the financial market, governor Mugur Isarescu said Wednesday, urging bankers more

06.02.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR35.48 billion on May 31, 2017, from EUR35.96 billion at the end of April, the central bank said in a statement Friday. more

05.25.2017

Romania no longer sees any major systemic risk to its financial stability after Constitutional Court decisions softened potential effects of the debt discharge law and Swiss franc loan conversion, a more

05.24.2017

Romanian private lending grew 0.1% (-0.2% in real terms) in April compared with March, to RON223.26 billion, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

05.15.2017

Romania's public sector wage law poses risks to annual inflation, the central bank warned in its quarterly inflation report released Monday. more

05.15.2017

Romania's central bank on Monday revised its year-end inflation forecast to 1.6% from 1.7% forecast before. more

05.05.2017

Romania's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low 1.75% a year Friday, and lowered minimum reserve requirements on foreign currency liabilities, the bank said in a more

05.02.2017

Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR35.96 billion at the end of April, from EUR34.7 billion at the end of March, the central bank said in a statement Tuesday. more

04.26.2017

Romanian private lending grew 1.5% (1.4% in real terms) in March compared with February, to RON223.1 billion, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

04.05.2017

Romania's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low 1.75% a year Wednesday, the bank said in a statement. more