11.02.2012

Romania's central bank expects the annual inflation rate will stay outside the target range until the second half of 2013, governor Mugur Isarescu told a news conference Friday. more

11.02.2012

Romania’s central bank kept its key rate unchanged at 5.25% for the fifth consecutive time Friday, in line with expectations, after inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in more than two years. more

10.31.2012

Romania’s central bank is likely to leave its key rate unchanged at 5.25% for a fifth straight time at its monetary policy meeting due November 2, banking analysts said Wednesday. more

09.27.2012

Romania's central bank on Thursday kept its main monetary policy rate unchanged at 5.25% a year, in line with expectations, amid higher inflationary risks due to increasing oil and food prices. more

09.25.2012

Romania’s central bank is likely to leave its key rate unchanged at a historic low of 5.25% for a fourth straight time at its monetary policy meeting due September 27, banking analysts said Tuesday. more

08.02.2012

Romania’s central bank kept its key rate unchanged at 5.25% for a third straight time Thursday, in line with expectations, as financial and economic woes in Europe, coupled with political tensions more

07.31.2012

Romania’s central bank is likely to leave its key rate unchanged at a historic low of 5.25% for a third straight time at its monetary policy meeting due August 2, banking analysts said Tuesday. more

06.27.2012

The Romanian central bank maintained a prudent stance Wednesday and left its key rate unchanged at a record low of 5.25% a year, in line with market expectations. more

06.25.2012

The Romanian central bank is likely to leave its key rate unchanged at a historic low of 5.25% for a second straight time at its monetary policy meeting due June 27, banking analysts said Monday. more

05.02.2012

The Romanian central bank is likely to keep its key rate unchanged at 5.25% until 2013, after political uncertainly prompted the bank to interrupt its monetary policy easing, Austrian lender Erste more

05.02.2012

The Romanian central bank (BNR) Wednesday kept its key rate unchanged at a record low of 5.25% a year, as political uncertainty following the government’s fall last week ended a monetary easing more

03.30.2012

The central bank is expected to lower the key monetary policy rate by another 25 basis points in May, to 5%, but it is unlikely to go below this point, according to analyst estimations. more

03.29.2012

Romania’s central bank (BNR) Thursday cut its key monetary policy rate by 25 basis points for the fourth consecutive time to a record low of 5.25% a year, amid a falling inflation and subdued more

03.27.2012

Romania's central bank is likely to cut its key rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% a year at its next monetary policy meeting March 29, amid a declining inflation and subdued domestic demand, the more

03.23.2012

The Romanian central bank, or BNR, is likely to cut its key rate by a quarter of a point to a new historic low of 5.25% a year at the next monetary policy meeting March 29, according to financial more

02.06.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) has managed, by easing its monetary policy, to make loans cheaper in December than in previous months, but interest rates are still above the level recorded at the end of more

02.03.2012

The central bank has cut the key rate by 0.75 percentage points since November, to 5.5% but a number of banks like BCR, Raiffeisen, Emporiki and Garanti did the exact opposite not long ago when they more

02.02.2012

Romania’s central bank Thursday cut its key monetary policy rate by 25 basis points for the third consecutive time to a record low of 5.5% a year, in line with analysts’ expectations, as inflation more

01.30.2012

The Romanian central bank (BNR) will cut its key interest rate by a further quarter of a percentage point at Thursday’s monetary policy meeting, considering that the Romanian economy needs more

01.06.2012

Analysts welcome Romania’s central bank (BNR) decision to cut the main interest from 6% to 5.75%, considering the downward trend of inflation and the risks about an economic growth slowdown in 2012. more

01.05.2012

The rate cut announced Thursday by Romania’s central bank will not be felt in the loan interest rates applied by banks, since the measure does not improve liquidity in the system and the market more

01.05.2012

Romania’s central bank Thursday lowered its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75% a year, the second cut in a row, in a move to boost bank lending and support economic recovery. more

11.03.2011

The persistence of low demand in the economy and the weak lending have persuaded the central bank (BNR) to finally relax the monetary policy after an eighteen-month hiatus. more

11.02.2011

Romania’s central bank Wednesday lowered its main interest rate by a quarter of a point to 6% a year, the first cut in the last year and a half, in a move to boost bank lending and energize economic more

10.20.2011

Romania’s lower-than-expected inflation could prompt the central bank to lower its key rate by a quarter-percentage point to 6% in November, the first cut in 17 months, BRD-Groupe Societe Generale more