01.09.2015

Romania’s central bank could lower again its main lending rate at the next monetary policy council in February, after this week’s 25-basis point cut, Capital Economics said Friday in a report. more

01.07.2015

Romania’s central bank Wednesday cut its main monetary policy rate by 25 basis points, to a record low 2.5%, in line with market expectations. more

01.05.2015

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell by 309 million euro to EUR32.216 billion in 2014, despite a moderate increase in December, central bank data showed Monday. more

12.29.2014

The volume of overdue loans in Romania banking system fell in November to 26.8 billion lei (almost EUR6 billion), the lowest level in two years and a half, central bank data showed Monday. more

12.23.2014

Romanian private lending went up 0.1% on the month in real terms in November, after a similar increase in October, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

12.15.2014

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, went down to EUR1.59 billion in January to October, from EUR1.82 billion in the year-ago period, the central bank said Monday. more

12.15.2014

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR263 million in the first ten months of 2014, compared with EUR675 million in the same period a year ago, mainly due to a wider services surplus more

12.02.2014

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell to 31.47 billion euros at the end of November, from EUR32.2 billion euros a month before, after a change in the mandatory reserve requirements, central bank more

11.25.2014

Romanian private lending went up a mere 0.1% on the month in real terms in October, after a 0.3% decline in September, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

11.19.2014

Meric Capital, private capital fund manager created by Israeli-based Plotkin Project, finalized its first real estate project in Romania, in downtown Bucharest, following EUR2.5 million investments. more

11.13.2014

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose 1.4% on the year to EUR1.51 billion in January to September, the central bank said Thursday. more

11.13.2014

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR558 million in the first nine months of 2014, wider than in the same period a year ago, mainly due to a wider income deficit, central bank data more

11.06.2014

The Romanian central bank estimates the annual inflation will fall below 1.5% at the beginning of next year, but then will return in its target interval in the second and third quarters. more

11.05.2014

Romania’s central bank on Tuesday cut the key rate again, to 2.75%, in another attempt to encourage lending. Governor Mugur Isarescu urges banks to get close to their customers and not expect them more

11.04.2014

The Romanian central bank cut again its forecast on the inflation rate for this year and the next, governor Mugur Isarescu told a news conference Tuesday. more

11.04.2014

Romania’s central bank Tuesday cut its main monetary policy rate by 25 basis points, to a record low of 2.75%, as inflation is still below its target while the economic growth is slowing down. more

11.03.2014

Romanian foreign exchange reserves increased to 32.2 billion euros at the end of October, from EUR31.1 billion a month before, fueled by proceeds from the country’s 10-year Eurobond, central bank more

11.03.2014

Romania’s central bank might cut the key rate to 2.75% in its Tuesday monetary policy board meeting, while keeping requirement ratio for leu deposits unchanged, according to a survey of the more

10.28.2014

Romania’s central bank may cut its main monetary policy rate to less than 3% a year in the upcoming days, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday. more

10.23.2014

Romanian private lending went down 0.3% on the month in real terms in September, after a 0.2% increase in August, central bank data showed Thursday. more

10.14.2014

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose 27.3% to EUR1.42 billion in the first eight months of the year, the central bank said Tuesday. more

10.14.2014

Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR945 million in the first eight months of 2014, wider than in the same period a year ago, mainly due to a wider income deficit, central bank more

10.09.2014

The five-year term of the current Board of Directors of Romania’s central bank (BNR) is coming to an end, so a new board comprising new and already existing members will take over next week having more

10.02.2014

Several banks in Romania, inclusively some of those paying interest rates above the market average, have rushed to adjust interests offered to depositors as soon as the central bank cut the benchmark more

10.02.2014

Romania's central bank Thursday lent almost 4.5 billion lei (EUR1 billion) to eight commercial banks via a seven-day repurchasing agreement operation at an annual interest rate of 3%, equal to the more