04.29.2013

The head of the Romanian central bank says the country does not need to increase its gold reserve above 100 metric tons as each time the reserves rose past that level “something bad” happened. more

04.26.2013

Marfin Bank Romania has high solvency and liquidity ratios and its activity will not be disturbed following the transfer of the local operations of Bank of Cyprus, the head of Romanian central more

04.24.2013

Romanian private lending inched up 0.5% in real terms to 223.8 billion lei (EUR51.38 billion) in March, from RON222.7 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

04.22.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 429.8 million lei (EUR98.4 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, at an interest rate of 5.25%, equal to the monetary more

04.15.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 178.3 million lei (EUR40.55 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, just shy of the RON178.4 million injected at the more

04.15.2013

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, fell to EUR163 million in the first two months, from EUR192 million in the year-earlier period, the central bank said Monday. more

04.15.2013

Romania's current account balance posted a surplus of EUR327 million in the first two months, versus deficit in the same period of 2012, helped by a surplus in the services segment and lower income more

04.08.2013

Romania's central bank Monday injected 178.4 million lei (EUR40.35 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, the lowest amount since June 2011. more

04.02.2013

Romanian banks use most of their loan revenue to repay the capital received from mother banks, as the latter continue a deleveraging process started last year, an official of the central bank said more

04.01.2013

A potential change of ownership at Bank of Cyprus Romania would place existing deposits in the bank under local legislation, an official of the central bank said Monday. more

04.01.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 2.19 billion lei (EUR496 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, at an interest rate of 5.25% a year, equal to the monetary more

04.01.2013

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose slightly to EUR32.2 billion in March, from EUR32.17 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

03.28.2013

Romania’s central bank kept its key rate unchanged at 5.25% for the eight consecutive meeting Thursday, a day after the bank’s chief warned of lingering inflationary expectations. more

03.27.2013

Romanian overdue private loans rose 2.85% on the month to 30.1 billion lei (EUR6.83 billion) in February, amounting to roughly 13.4% of the total lending, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

03.26.2013

Romania has the highest household debt to disposable income ratio in Europe, of around 20%, well above the ratios in Germany, France or Italy, a central bank official said Tuesday. more

03.26.2013

Romanian private lending fell 0.6% in real terms to 222.7 billion lei (EUR50.5 billion) in February, from RON223.4 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

03.25.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 3.53 billion lei (EUR797 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, well above the RON247.4 million injected a week earlier. more

03.18.2013

Romania's central bank Monday injected 247.4 million lei (EUR56.3 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, the lowest amount in 17 months. more

03.14.2013

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose to EUR103 million in January, from EUR18 million in the year-earlier month, the central bank said Thursday. more

03.14.2013

Romania's current account balance posted a surplus of EUR465 million in January, versus deficit in the same month of 2012, helped by a surplus in the services segment and lower income and trade more

03.11.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 2.3 billion lei (EUR0.52 billion) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, well below RON7.3 billion injected last week. more

03.04.2013

Romania’s central bank Monday decided not to cap its weekly repurchasing agreement operation for the first time in 21 weeks. more

03.01.2013

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose to EUR32.17 billion in February, from EUR31.46 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

02.26.2013

Romanian overdue private loans rose 2% on the month to 29.26 billion lei (EUR6.67 billion) in January, amounting to roughly 13% of the total lending, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

02.25.2013

Romania’s central bank Monday raised the cap on its weekly repurchasing agreement operation to 10 billion lei (EUR2.28 billion), from RON9 billion in the previous week. more