02.12.2016

Romania’s current account balance posted a deficit of EUR1.76 billion in 2015, 2.6 times higher than the EUR686 million deficit posted in 2014, central bank data showed Friday. more

02.09.2016

Romania's central bank governor thinks it's impossible for the country to secure a new loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund this year or in the near future, as the balance of payments more

02.09.2016

Romania's central bank has revised its inflation forecast to 1.4% this year from a previous forecast of 1.1%, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu told a news conference Tuesday. more

02.09.2016

Negative interest rates have become some kind of dominoes of the central bank elite where if one piece falls, the other do. more

02.05.2016

The Romanian central bank sees inflation going deeper into negative territory until May, due to tax cuts, and the indicator is expected to return within the central bank's target band in early 2017, more

02.05.2016

The Romanian central bank Friday kept its main monetary policy lending rate unchanged at 1.75% a year, the bank said in a statement. more

02.03.2016

Romania’s central bank may keep its monetary policy rate at 1.75% at the upcoming meeting on February 5, a survey from the Association of Romanian Financial and Banking Analysts (AAFBR) showed. more

02.01.2016

Romanian foreign exchange reserves declined by EUR559 million in January compared with December, to EUR31.68 billion, after the central bank lowered minimum required reserve ratios on foreign currency more

01.27.2016

Romanian private lending declined 0.6% in real terms on the month in December, to RON217.53 billion, but grew 4% in real terms throughout 2015, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

01.07.2016

The Romanian central bank Thursday kept its main monetary policy lending rate unchanged at 1.75% a year but lowered minimum reserve requirement ratios for foreign currency deposits to 12% from 14%. more

01.04.2016

Romanian foreign exchange reserves grew by EUR134 million in December 2015 compared with November, to EUR32.24 billion, central bank data showed Monday. more

12.02.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves grew by EUR455 million in November, to EUR32.1 billion from EUR31.65 billion in October, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

11.24.2015

Romania registers a "not so favorable" labour productivity which stayed at 50% of the European average after 2008, pointing to a slowdown in the convergence process towards developed countries, more

11.24.2015

Romanian private lending edged down 0.2% in real terms and rose 0.1% in nominal terms in October compared with September, to RON214.45 billion, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

11.09.2015

Romania's central bank may ease the key lending rate or minimum reserve requirement ratios further but the decision is influenced by domestic and external uncertainties, central bank governor Mugur more

11.09.2015

Romanian central bank governor Mugur Isarescu reckons a technocratic government could handle the challenges Romania is facing if it is given a clear and limited mandate, with macroeconomic stability more

11.09.2015

Romania's central bank has revised its annual inflation forecast for this year and sees it at -0.7% from -0.3% in August, considering the impact of tax cuts, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu told more

11.05.2015

The effects of the current political uncertainty in Romania on the economy depend on how quickly a new Cabinet is formed and the measures it will take, but the country is macroeconomically stable, more

11.05.2015

Romania's central bank re-confirmed Thursday that the country's annual inflation rate will remain negative during the next three quarters and will return to positive territory by the beginning of more

11.05.2015

The Romanian central bank Thursday kept its main monetary policy lending rate unchanged at 1.75% a year, in line with analysts' expectations. more

11.02.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves increased to EUR31.65 billion in October, from EUR29.13 billion in September, central bank data showed Monday. more

10.28.2015

The desired results of lowering the tax on dividends, to stop business owners from taking their gains out of the country, will be visible in 10-15 if Romania offers a stable legal framework, central more

10.23.2015

Romanian private lending rose 0.2% in nominal terms and remained virtually unchanged in real terms in September compared with August, to RON214.33 billion, central bank data showed Friday. more

10.21.2015

Romania's central bank will try to fill in the International Monetary Fund's role in relation to the Government, in lack of a new IMF deal, but its influence is limited by the economic context more

10.07.2015

Romania’s central bank believes there are about 10,000 sound companies, selected by profitability and investment criteria, which have a low indebtedness level and could sustain significant lending more