08.14.2015

Romania’s economic growth slowed down in the second quarter, with a first reading of the gross domestic product data coming much lower than analyst expectations. more

07.20.2015

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania has revised upward its forecast on the country’s economic growth to 4.6%, from 4.1% previously, and expects the unemployment rate to stagnate this year and more

07.07.2015

Romania’s economy grew 1.5% in the first quarter against the previous three-month period, according to revised seasonally-adjusted data from the statistics institute INS released Tuesday. more

06.11.2015

The World Bank slightly upgraded Romania’s economic growth forecast to 3% in 2015, from 2.9% seen previously, according to the latest World Economic Prospects report released Thursday. more

06.05.2015

The strong activity in retail, industry and the communication sectors had the major contributions to Romania’s above-expectations economic growth in the first quarter of the year, data from the more

05.13.2015

Romania’s gross domestic product grew 1.6% in real terms in the first quarter compared with the previous three-month period, a flash estimate of the country’s statistics institute INS said more

05.05.2015

Israel-held construction company Danya Cebus, which built the AFI Palace Cotroceni mall in Bucharest and is now working on the US military base in Deveselu, southern Romania, says the local more

04.07.2015

Romania’s statistics institute revised slightly down the economic growth estimate for 2014, despite envisioning a higher increase in the fourth quarter. more

03.19.2015

BCR has revised upwards its growth forecast for Romania’s gross domestic product to 2.8% in 2015, and 3% next year, supported by domestic consumption amid a low inflation environment. more

02.13.2015

Romania’s gross domestic product grew by 2.9% in real terms last year compared with 2013, a flash estimate from the statistics institute INS showed Friday. more

02.05.2015

The European Commission expects Romania’s economy to grow by 2.7% in 2015, from 2.4% previously estimated, powered by domestic demand and supported by the recovery of the global economy, according more

01.19.2015

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Monday maintained its forecast on Romania’s economic growth at 2.8% in 2015, saying the economy would benefit from rising confidence, more

01.14.2015

The World Bank estimates Romania’s economy will grow 2.9% in 2015, a downward revision from its previous forecast, but is expected to accelerate to 3.2% next year. more

01.14.2015

Romania’s gross domestic product grew 3.3% in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the year-earlier period, revised data from the country’s statistics office INS showed Wednesday. more

12.23.2014

Romania’s gross domestic product grew 3.4% in 2013 compared with the previous year to 637.58 billion lei (EUR144.2 billion), according to semi-definitive data released Tuesday by the country’s more

12.04.2014

The 15% year-on-year surge in the value added of the ‘information and communications’ sector in the first nine months enabled it to contribute one quarter of the 2.8% gross domestic product growth more

12.03.2014

The industry and the information and communication services had the biggest contribution at the economic growth registered by Romania in the third quarter, according to provisional data released by more

11.14.2014

Romania’s economy performed better than expected in the third quarter, according to official data released Friday, after a poor outing earlier in the year. more

11.04.2014

The European Commission expects Romania’s economy to grow only 2% in 2014, a significant cut from a 2.8% estimated in June, due to a strong deceleration in the second quarter. more

10.27.2014

Romania cannot hope for annual economic growth of 5% in the next ten years in the lack of consumption and investments. This was one of the conclusions of last week’s ZF Expert meeting that was more

10.21.2014

The combination of fiscal correction measures with an uncontrolled deleveraging process could hurt a sustained economic growth, Romanian central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Tuesday. more

10.15.2014

Romania’s economic growth rate cannot be higher than 2-3% this year due to the macroeconomic context, state-run companies lacking technological upgrades and firms having difficulty contracting more

08.14.2014

The Romanian economy is in recession after a second consecutive quarter of decline, a flash estimate from the country's statistics institute INS showed Thursday. more

05.15.2014

Romania’s gross domestic product rose 3.8% in the first quarter compared with the same period of 2013, a flash estimate from the country’s statistics institute INS showed Thursday. more

04.11.2014

The good news from most macroeconomic indicators in the first two months of the year is making analysts change their full-year gross domestic product growth forecast towards 3% to 3.5%. more