10.02.2014

Several banks in Romania, inclusively some of those paying interest rates above the market average, have rushed to adjust interests offered to depositors as soon as the central bank cut the benchmark more

10.02.2014

Romania's central bank Thursday lent almost 4.5 billion lei (EUR1 billion) to eight commercial banks via a seven-day repurchasing agreement operation at an annual interest rate of 3%, equal to the more

10.01.2014

The lower than expected economic growth, the low inflation level and still depressed lending activity, as well as the decision of the European Central Bank to cut monetary policy rate to an all-time more

10.01.2014

Romanian foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR31.06 billion at the end of September, a tad higher than EUR30.87 billion in the previous month, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

09.30.2014

Romania’s central bank will thoroughly analyze any further rate cut, as the evolution of inflation over a medium term is still uncertain, but the reduction of minimum requirements will continue, more

09.30.2014

Romania’s central bank has revised slightly downwards foreign direct investment data for 2013 to 2.712 billion euro, from EUR2.14 billion in the previous year, the bank said in a news release more

09.30.2014

Romania’s central bank Tuesday cut its key monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to a record low 3%, in line with the analysts’ expectations, as inflation remains low while the country’s more

09.29.2014

Romania’s central bank may cut its monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3% at the upcoming meeting on September 30, while the minimum reserve requirements may be kept unchanged, a more

09.23.2014

Romanian private lending inched up 0.2% in real terms in August, after a 0.7% fall in July, fueled by a increase in leu loans while foreign currency lending extended its decline. more

09.12.2014

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, fell 13.8% to EUR1.3 billion in the first seven months of the year, the central bank said Friday. more

09.01.2014

Romanian foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR30.87 billion at the end of August, little changed from EUR30.9 billion in July, central bank data showed Monday. more

08.26.2014

Romanian private lending went down 0.7% on the month in real terms in July, after a 0.4% fall in June, as a small increase in leu loans could not offset the persistent decline in foreign currency more

08.13.2014

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, fell 10.3% to EUR1.19 billion in the first half of the year, the central bank said Wednesday. more

08.13.2014

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR878 million in the first six months of 2014, versus surplus a year earlier, mainly due to a wider income deficit, central bank data showed more

08.04.2014

Romania central bank still has room for further interest rate cuts as the inflation continues to decelerate, but a decision in that direction depends mostly on external evolutions, particularly on more

08.04.2014

Romania’s central bank Monday revised sharply down its inflation forecast to 2.2% this year from 3.3% previously, saying the inflation rate is expected to decelerate at a faster pace than initially more

08.04.2014

Romania’s central bank Monday lowered its main monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 3.25% a year, but kept the minimum reserve requirements unchanged for both leu and more

08.01.2014

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell to EUR30.9 billion in July, from EUR31.24 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

08.01.2014

Romanian analysts estimate the central bank will lower its monetary policy rate by a quarter of a point to 3.25% in a three-month horizon, with half of the polled analysts expecting a rate cut as more

07.23.2014

Romanian private lending went down 0.4% on the month in real terms to 215.4 billion lei (EUR48.5 billion) in June, amid a further decline of foreign currency loans, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

07.14.2014

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose 13.9% on the year to EUR1.09 billion in the first five months of the year, the central bank said Monday. more

07.14.2014

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR351 million in the first five months of 2014, versus surplus a year earlier, mainly due to a wider income deficit, central bank data showed more

07.01.2014

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose to EUR31.24 billion in June, from EUR30.68 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

07.01.2014

Romania’s central bank on Tuesday held its key lending rate unchanged at 3.5% for the third consecutive meeting, in line with market expectations, but lowered the reserve requirements for foreign more

06.27.2014

The Romanian central bank reported a net loss of 1.25 billion lei (some EUR285 million) in 2013, versus profit a year earlier, hurt by losses from monetary policy operations and higher costs with the more