05.19.2014

Two out of three Romanians have debts and half of them owe more than RON5,000, according to a survey ordered by debt collection firm Kruk Romania. more

05.15.2014

Most people interested in buying an home have budgets of EUR40,000-60,000, an interval covered by up to 50% of housing up for sale in cities in the country except for capital Bucharest where only 27% more

05.09.2014

The number of employed youths has dropped dramatically over the past ten years, a large number of adults remain inactive when their unemployment period runs out, around 30% of the population faces more

05.07.2014

Bread, vegetables and fruits are among the fresh foods Romanians buy most often, but they spend most of their money on meat, vegetables and cold cuts, a survey from market researcher GfK shows. more

05.02.2014

Romanian analysts estimate the central bank will leave its monetary policy rate unchanged at 3.5% at the upcoming meeting May 6, amid mounting tensions in Ukraine and higher inflationary pressures more

04.29.2014

Bankers expect the local profile sector will witness an imminent, yet small-scale consolidation, while lending revival, although widely anticipated, is not expected to offset the sale of more

04.14.2014

Nearly 85% of Romanians in urban areas will spend Easter at home with family and friends and will spend an average RON359 on Easter shopping, according to a survey by MEDNET Marketing Research Center. more

03.25.2014

Romania has a high percentage of employees paid cash in hand, of 7%, higher than the EU average of 3%, according to a Eurobarometer survey. more

03.25.2014

Very few Romanians know how to answer personal finance questions correctly, a financial literacy survey reveals. more

03.24.2014

Over half of Romanians who shopped online over the last six months paid less than EUR100 on the most expensive product or service they purchased, according to a survey conducted by Daedalus Millward more

03.11.2014

The cigarette black market in Romania rose to nearly 16% in January, the highest level in two and a half years, according to Novel Research, mainly due to fiscal instability and the reorganization of more

02.24.2014

The number one priority of most chief financial officers of companies in Romania is achieving revenue growth in current and new markets followed by cutting costs and they prefer restructuring their more

02.20.2014

Sales of pharmaceuticals in Romania were flat on the year in 2012, at RON11.75 billion at distribution prices, according to Cegedim. more

02.18.2014

Expansions and new entries had an annual average weight of 30% in the overall office space demand in capital city Bucharest over the last four years, according to real estate consultancy firm more

02.18.2014

Durable goods sales rose 11% in Romania in the fourth quarter of 2013 to EUR626 million, mainly lifted by Black Friday campaigns, being the best quarter for consumer goods sales in the last five more

01.31.2014

Romanian analysts estimate the central bank will cut its monetary policy rate by a quarter of a point to 3.5% at the upcoming meeting February 4, a survey from the Association of Romanian Financial more

01.22.2014

Romanian executives are confident in their companies’ perspectives for revenue growth, with 96% somewhat or very confident of growth over the next three years, in line with global results, according more

01.21.2014

Almost 75% of Romanians consider there are too many commercials on the Internet, while 58% consider them annoying, and 28% of the respondents say that, although they don’t click the commercials, more

12.30.2013

Romanian executives estimate the activity in the construction sector and the manufacturing industry will decline between December 2013 and February 2014 compared with the previous three months, the more

12.19.2013

Agriculture, IT and outsourcing will become the main fields of interests for foreign investors in Romania in 2014, according to outsourcing & advisory company Accace. more

12.16.2013

Almost half the small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania surveyed by central bank BNR says they are not eager to take out bank loans because of too high costs. more

12.10.2013

Office space transactions in Bucharest will exceed 250.000 square meters in 2013, up 10% from 2012, and the most active companies operate in the sectors of outsourcing, pharma and IT, according to a more

12.10.2013

Only 11% of companies in Romania expect to increase staff in the first quarter of 2014, while most of employers say they will keep staff levels unchanged, according to a survey conducted by Manpower. more

12.05.2013

About 64% of Romanians say they are stressed and price increases are the main cause of worry, according to a survey conducted by Daedalus Millward Brown. more

11.29.2013

Average farmland prices in Romania have increased about 60% over the past two years to EUR3,100 per hectare, but are still two to eight times lower than in most European Union states, according to a more