09.24.2015

Romania's central bank assesses the country could reach a decent real convergence level to enter the eurozone in 2022-2023, while keeping nominal convergence elements, but the single currency adoption more

09.24.2015

Analysts with ING Bank Romania, the local unit of Dutch-registered ING Bank NV, expect a high-value repurchasing agreement operation next week, without making an estimate on the actual amount. more

09.23.2015

Romanian private lending rose 1.2% in real terms in August compared with July, to RON213.87 billion, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

09.01.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose by EUR190 million in August, to EUR29.34 billion, from EUR29.15 billion in July, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

08.31.2015

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) has received central bank approval to merge and absorb Volksbank Romania on December 31, 2015, the bank said Monday. more

08.25.2015

Romanian private lending declined 1.1% in real terms in July compared to June, to RON212,3 billion, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

08.13.2015

Romania's current account balance posted deficit of 285 million euros after the first six months, compared with EUR863 million in the same period of 2014, central bank data showed Thursday. more

08.13.2015

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose to 1.66 billion euros in the first six months, from EUR1.19 billion in the same period of 2014, data from the central bank showed Thursday. more

08.06.2015

Romania’s central bank cut down its inflation forecast for the end of 2015 to minus 0.3%, as it predicts the annual inflation rate will stay in negative territory over the next three quarters. more

08.04.2015

Romania’s economy is not threatened by deflation, despite expectations of a negative inflation rate over the next three quarters, as consumption is increasing while new wage increase may even bring more

08.04.2015

Romania’s central bank cut its forecast on the inflation rate from “close to zero” to staying in negative territory over the next three quarters. more

08.04.2015

The Romanian central bank Tuesday kept its main monetary policy lending rate unchanged at 1.75% per year in a widely expected move, as policymakers still expect the final version of the fiscal more

08.03.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell by 959 million euros in July, as the country repaid a euro-denominated bond issue, central bank data showed Monday. more

07.22.2015

Eugen Radulescu stepped in as manager of the financial stability unit of the country’s central bank BNR, replacing Ion Dragulin who retired. more

07.14.2015

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose to 1.29 billion euros in January to May, from EUR1.09 billion in the same period of 2014, data from the central bank showed Tuesday. more

07.14.2015

Romania's current account balance posted deficit of 312 million euros after the first five months, compared with EUR424 million in the same period of 2014, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

07.01.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell by 109 million euros to EUR30.11 billion in June, from EUR30.22 billion in the previous month, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

07.01.2015

Romania’s central bank kept its main monetary policy rate unchanged at 1.75%, as fears over a possible Greece exit from the euro-zone outweighed the extremely low inflation prospects. more

06.25.2015

Romanian private lending stopped its decline in May, rising 0.8% in real terms against the previous month, after a 0.3% decrease in April, central bank data showed Thursday. more

06.16.2015

Romania’s central bank will try to refrain from cutting the monetary policy rate even if the inflation falls in negative territory, as the economy is expected to grow 4% this year and won’t need more

06.15.2015

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose to 1.16 billion euros in January to April, from EUR785 million in the same period of 2014, data from the central bank showed Monday. more

06.15.2015

Romania's current account balance posted deficit of 27 million euros after the first four months, compared with EUR326 million in the same period of 2014, central bank data showed Monday. more

06.08.2015

One of the most important objectives of Romania’s central bank is to ensure liquidity on the market so that commercial banks can resume the lending activity, central bank’s deputy governor Bogdan more

06.08.2015

Banks granted new loans worth over 15 billion lei (almost EUR3.5 billion) in January-April, more than three quarters of which leu denominated, according to central bank data. more

06.02.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose by 126 million euros to EUR30.22 billion in May, from EUR30.09 billion in the previous month, central bank data showed Tuesday. more