06.05.2024

The level of inflation on the markets of Central and Eastern Europe is expected to rise or stay above the target ranges of central banks by the end of 2024, as April brought renewed prices increases more

02.21.2022

Romania’s economic growth is expected to decelerate considerably in 2022 and 2023, after having reached very high dynamics from a historical perspective in 2021, yet significantly lower than more

04.15.2021

Romania's central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said the central bank would not be reducing the monetary policy rate further and was ready to ensure the flexibility of its inflation target considering more

11.24.2020

Romania's central bank monetary policy board decision of November 12 were unanimous and maintaining confidence in the domestic currency was key to monetary policy conduct in 2020, according to the more

11.12.2020

Romania's central bank expects inflation to drop further in the short term before rising again and remaining close to 2.5%, it said in a detailed statement following Thursday's monetary policy board more

01.08.2020

Heightened uncertainties and risks surrounding the inflation outlook stem from the fiscal and income policy stance, given the domestic election calendar, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said more

11.13.2019

The central bank's board noted that private lending posted robust annual growth in September, slightly more moderate compared with August, its average dynamics for Q3 picking up to a level just below more

10.03.2019

Romania's future fiscal and income policy stance is a source of heightened uncertainties and risks to the inflation outlook, while the widening of the current account deficit is increasingly becoming more

02.12.2019

Romanian central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said the tax on bank assets is an attack on the independence of the institution, as it hinders monetary policy. more

10.03.2017

Improved tax collection contributed to the sudden rise in interbank interest rates, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Tuesday at a press briefing following the central bank's monetary policy more

11.10.2016

Romania's central bank has revised up the inflation forecast for next year by 0.1 points, to 2.1%, but kept this year's projection unchanged at -0.4%, governor Mugur Isarescu told a news conference more

10.22.2015

The International Monetary Fund says Romania should not ease its monetary policy further immediately, given the expansionary fiscal stance in 2016, rapid growth in wages and lingering uncertainty in 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

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

05.06.2015

Romania’s central bank on Wednesday surprisingly lowered its main monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.75%, the seventh rate cut in the current reduction cycle started in more

03.31.2015

The monetary policy is not defined only by the key rate, but also includes the minimum requirement ratios and the interest rates for other facilities of the central bank, Romania’s central bank more

03.30.2015

Romania’s central bank is likely to lower its main monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 2% in its Tuesday board meeting, the last rate cut in the current cycle, according to a more

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

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

10.01.2014

The lower than expected economic growth, the low inflation level and still depressed lending activity, as well as the decision of the European Central Bank to cut monetary policy rate to an all-time more

09.30.2014

Romania’s central bank Tuesday cut its key monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to a record low 3%, in line with the analysts’ expectations, as inflation remains low while the country’s more

07.01.2014

Romania’s central bank on Tuesday held its key lending rate unchanged at 3.5% for the third consecutive meeting, in line with market expectations, but lowered the reserve requirements for foreign more

01.08.2014

The Romanian central bank still has room to ease the monetary policy, as the minimum reserve requirements and the key rate are rather high compared with the other countries in the region, governor more