03.26.2013

Romania has the highest household debt to disposable income ratio in Europe, of around 20%, well above the ratios in Germany, France or Italy, a central bank official said Tuesday. more

03.26.2013

Romanian private lending fell 0.6% in real terms to 222.7 billion lei (EUR50.5 billion) in February, from RON223.4 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

03.25.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 3.53 billion lei (EUR797 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, well above the RON247.4 million injected a week earlier. more

03.18.2013

Romania's central bank Monday injected 247.4 million lei (EUR56.3 million) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, the lowest amount in 17 months. more

03.14.2013

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose to EUR103 million in January, from EUR18 million in the year-earlier month, the central bank said Thursday. more

03.14.2013

Romania's current account balance posted a surplus of EUR465 million in January, versus deficit in the same month of 2012, helped by a surplus in the services segment and lower income and trade more

03.11.2013

Romania's central bank Monday pumped 2.3 billion lei (EUR0.52 billion) into the money market via a one-week repurchasing agreement operation, well below RON7.3 billion injected last week. more

03.04.2013

Romania’s central bank Monday decided not to cap its weekly repurchasing agreement operation for the first time in 21 weeks. more

03.01.2013

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose to EUR32.17 billion in February, from EUR31.46 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

02.26.2013

Romanian overdue private loans rose 2% on the month to 29.26 billion lei (EUR6.67 billion) in January, amounting to roughly 13% of the total lending, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

02.25.2013

Romania’s central bank Monday raised the cap on its weekly repurchasing agreement operation to 10 billion lei (EUR2.28 billion), from RON9 billion in the previous week. more

02.25.2013

Romanian private lending fell 2.4% in real terms to 223.39 billion lei (EUR51 billion) in January, from RON225.87 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

02.18.2013

Romania’s central bank Monday lowered the cap on its weekly repurchasing agreement operation to 9 billion lei (EUR2.05 billion), from RON11 billion in the previous week. more

02.12.2013

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, fell 11.1% on the year to EUR1.61 billion in 2012, the central bank said Tuesday. more

02.12.2013

Romania's current account deficit narrowed 15.1% to EUR5.04 billion in 2012, from a gap of EUR5.94 billion a year earlier, largely due to reduced income and trade deficits, central bank data showed more

02.11.2013

Romania’s central bank capped its repurchasing operation for the 19th consecutive time Monday, but raised the repo ceiling to 11 billion lei (EUR2.5 billion), from RON10 billion a week earlier. more

02.07.2013

Romanian banks’ non-performing loans will continue to stack up in the near future, depending on economic growth prospects and the evolution in consumer confidence level, central bank deputy governor more

02.06.2013

The major problem of banks in Romania is that they are very much stuck in consumer lending and have not developed their capability to finance the entrepreneurial sector, believes central bank (BNR) more

02.05.2013

Romania’s central bank kept its key rate unchanged at 5.25% for the seventh consecutive meeting Tuesday, in line with expectations, despite a weakening economy. more

02.04.2013

Romania’s central bank capped its repurchasing operation for the 18th consecutive time Monday, but raised the repo ceiling to 10 billion lei (EUR2.28 billion), from RON9 billion a week earlier. more

02.01.2013

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose to EUR31.46 billion in January, from EUR31.2 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Friday. more

02.01.2013

Romanian analysts see little room for monetary policy easing in 2013 and estimate the central bank will keep its main rates unchanged at 5.25% throughout the year, according to an in-house survey of more

01.28.2013

Romania’s central bank capped its repurchasing operation for the 17th consecutive time Monday, but raised the repo ceiling to 9 billion lei (EUR2.06 billion), from RON6 billion a week earlier. more

01.25.2013

The Romanian central bank (BNR) informed the International Monetary Fund it will likely miss the inflation target for 2013 as well, after failing in six of the previous eight attempts, official more

01.24.2013

Romanian private lending fell 3.5% in real terms to 225.87 billion lei (EUR51.7 billion) in December 2012, compared with the same month a year before, central bank data showed Thursday. more