02.13.2012

Romania's current account deficit widened slightly to EUR5.68 billion in 2011, from a gap of EUR5.52 billion a year earlier, largely due to a higher income deficit, central bank data showed Monday. more

02.07.2012

Replacing the government of a country can be a stressful factor for the financial markets, but if resolved swiftly, it may be easily digested by investors, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said more

02.07.2012

Romania's central bank Monday revised upward its forecast on the year-end inflation to 3.2% in 2012, from 3%, citing less favorable base effects than previously estimated. more

02.06.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) Monday pumped 4.9 billion lei (EUR1.13 billion) into the market in a one week repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 5.5% a year, equal to the monetary 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

02.01.2012

Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell to EUR32.69 billion in January from EUR33.2 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

01.30.2012

Romania's central bank BNR Monday injected 5.38 billion lei (EUR1.24 billion) into the market in a one week repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 5.75% a year, equal to the monetary 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

01.26.2012

Romanian overdue private loans fell 2.58% on the month to 21.33 billion lei (EUR4.88 billion) in December, equal to 9.47% of the total lending, according to data released Thursday by the central bank more

01.25.2012

Romanian private lending rose 3.3% in real terms to 223 billion lei (EUR51.3 billion) in December 2011 compared with the same month a year earlier, central bank (BNR) data showed Wednesday. more

01.23.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) Monday pumped 4.42 billion lei (EUR1 billion) into the market in a one week repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 5.75% a year, equal to the monetary more

01.16.2012

Romania's central bank Monday injected 3.56 billion lei (EUR824 million) into the market in a one week repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 5.75% a year, equal to the monetary policy more

01.13.2012

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, fell 36% on the year to EUR1.64 billion in the first eleven months of 2011, the central bank said Friday. more

01.13.2012

Romania's current account deficit narrowed 6.6% to EUR4.23 billion in the first eleven months of 2011, from a gap of EUR4.53 billion in the year-earlier period, due mainly to shrinking trade deficit, more

01.11.2012

Bank officials from 17 countries met in Vienna Wednesday to discuss the effects of the new capital requirements imposed by the European Union, an official of the Romanian central bank BNR said. more

01.09.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) Monday injected 3.35 billion lei (EUR770 million) into the market in a one week repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 5.75% a year, equal to the monetary 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

01.04.2012

Romania's central bank (BNR) Wednesday pumped 524 million lei (EUR121.3 million) into the market in a five-day repurchase agreement operation at an interest rate of 6% a year, equal to the monetary more

01.03.2012

Romanian foreign exchange reserves rose by almost EUR1.5 billion in December, to EUR33.19 billion, following inflows from the European Commission and a third tranche of a World Bank loan, central bank more

12.28.2011

Romanian overdue private loans rose 2.8% on the month to 21.9 billion lei (EUR5.1 billion) in November, equal to 9.7% of the total lending, central bank data showed Wednesday. more

12.27.2011

Romania's private lending rose 0.8% in real terms to 223.8 billion lei (EUR52.15 billion) in November from a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

12.22.2011

Italy’s UniCredit estimates Romanian annual inflation rate will reach 4.5% in December 2012, outside the central bank’s target range of 2%-4%, because of a negative effect of food prices. more

12.22.2011

The Romanian central bank (BNR) will leave unchanged its minimum reserve requirements imposed on commercial lenders over the next months to fend off inflationary risks and possible pressures on the more