01.15.2014

The Romanian leu lost its early advantage against the euro by midday Wednesday, but the central bank’s reference held steady at 4.5261 units, from 4.526 units in the previous day earlier. more

01.14.2014

The Romanian leu moved in narrow ranges against the euro by midday Tuesday and the central bank’s reference strengthened for the second consecutive session to 4.526 units, from 4.5366 units in the more

01.13.2014

The Romanian leu advanced modestly against the euro by midday Monday and the central bank’s reference strengthened around 0.2% to 4.5366 units, from a seven-month low of 4.5447 units in the previous more

01.10.2014

The Romanian leu continued to depreciate against the euro in the first half of Friday session, and the central bank set the exchange rate at 4.5447 units, the weakest in the last seven months. more

01.09.2014

The Romanian leu took a dive against the euro Thursday, after the central bank’s decisions in yesterday meeting, and the official reference rate weakened almost 0.7% to 4.529 units. more

01.08.2014

Romania’s central bank Wednesday cut the key monetary policy rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 3.75%, in a move aimed at restarting a sluggish lending activity. more

01.08.2014

The Romanian leu traded in a narrow range in the first part of Wednesday session, and the central bank’s reference rate slightly improved to 4.4979 per euro. more

01.07.2014

The Romanian leu traded around 4.5 against the euro in the first half of Tuesday session, and the central bank’s reference rate weakened for the fifth day in a row to 4.5010 units, a fresh six-month more

01.06.2014

The Romanian leu traded above 4.49 against the euro in the first half of Monday session, and the central bank set the exchange rate at 4.4947 units, the weakest since June 21, 2013. more

01.03.2014

The Romanian leu extended its early losses against the euro in mid-session Friday, and the central bank set the reference rate at 4.4882 units. more

12.31.2013

The Romanian central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4847 against the euro Tuesday, the final trading day of 2013, reflecting a 1.2% loss for the entire year. more

12.30.2013

The Romanian leu traded in a narrow range Monday morning, and the central bank’s exchange rate weakened slightly to 4.4639 units. more

12.27.2013

The Romanian leu gained slightly against the euro Friday, and the central bank’s exchange rate improved to 4.4597 units, from 4.4649 units before Christmas. more

12.24.2013

The Romanian leu rose Tuesday against the euro in pre-Christmas trading, and the central bank’s reference strengthened 0.24% to 4.4649 units. more

12.23.2013

The Romanian leu was stable in the first half of Monday interbank trading, and the central bank set the exchange rate at 4.4756 versus the euro, almost unchanged from the previous session. more

12.20.2013

The Romanian leu appreciated against the euro during the first half of the trading session Friday and the central bank’s reference strengthened to 4.4754 units, from a three-month low of 4.4896 more

12.19.2013

The Romanian leu weakened against the leu by midday Thursday and the central bank’s reference retreated for the third straight day to 4.4806 units, a new record low in the past three months. more

12.18.2013

The Romanian leu slipped against the euro in the first half of the trading session Wednesday and the central bank’s reference weakened for the second consecutive day to 4.4749 units, the lowest rate more

12.17.2013

The Romanian leu retreated against the euro in the first half of the trading session Tuesday and the central bank’s reference weakened 0.2% to 4.4643 units, from 4.4537 units a day earlier. more

12.17.2013

The interest rate at which banks borrow lei from the money market (reflected by the three-month Robor used as reference in leu-denominated retail loan contracts) has reached a new all-time low of 2.5% more

12.16.2013

The Romanian leu traded in narrow ranges against the euro by midday Monday and the central bank’s reference strengthened slightly to 4.4537 units, from 4.4552 units in the previous session. more

12.16.2013

Almost half the small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania surveyed by central bank BNR says they are not eager to take out bank loans because of too high costs. more

12.13.2013

The Romanian leu edged lower against the euro by midday Friday and the central bank’s reference weakened slightly to 4.4552 units, from 4.4527 units a day earlier. more

12.12.2013

The Romanian leu was stable against the euro during the first half of Thursday’s session and the central bank set a reference rate for the local currency of 4.4527 per euro, little changed on the more

12.11.2013

The Romanian leu traded in a tight range against the euro by midday Wednesday and the central bank’s reference strengthened marginally to 4.453 units, from 4.4536 units a day earlier. more