09.05.2023

The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio remained below 3% in the first half of 2023, the same as in the second half of 2022, ranging between 2.6% and 2.7%, according to Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily. more

12.31.2021

The average ratio of non-performing loans (NPL) in the Romanian banking system fell below 4% of total loans in the first ten months of 2021, Romania’s central bank data show. more

04.21.2021

The loan-to-deposit ratio decreased to 66.7% in February 2021, touching an all-time low, from 67.2% in January, which is due to the adjustment on the foreign currency loan-deposit segment, to 57.4% in more

03.17.2021

Romania's public debt reached RON503.6 billion at the end of January 2021, accounting for 47.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP), and exceeding for the first time the RON500 billion threshold, more

02.24.2021

Romania's public debt reached RON498.3 billion at the end of 2020, accounting for 47.7% of the gross domestics product, compared with 35.3% of GDP in 2019, finance ministry data showed Wednesday. more

02.12.2021

Romania's government has set a cap on the country's public debt at 55% of gross domestic product for 2021 under EU methodology. more

10.29.2020

Romania had a tax-to gross domestic product ratio of 26.8% in 2019, the second lowest level among European Union member states, ahead of Ireland (22.7%) and after Bulgaria (30.3%), Eurostat data more

12.17.2019

Firms in Romania register the highest debt ratio in Europe, considering that the increase in firms’ capital over the last year (+14%) failed to entirely offset the growth in firms’ debts (+17%), more

12.11.2019

Micro-enterprises in Romania have difficulty in maintaining a positive financial situation and their debt ratio – debt to assets – reached 73% in 2018, a survey by Instant Factoring showed more

11.29.2018

Romania had a tax-to gross domestic product ratio of 25.8% in 2017, the second lowest level among European Union member states, down from 26.5% in 2016, Eurostat data showed. more

10.18.2018

New lending rules limiting the allowed indebtedness ratio on mortgage and consumer loans will be applicable starting January 1, 2019, the central bank said in a statement. more

10.17.2018

Romania's central bank board on Wednesday approved new lending rules, limiting the indebtedness ratio allowed for consumer loans and mortgage loans. more

10.03.2018

Romania's central bank will soon announce measures to limit the indebtedness ratio on loans, governor Mugur Isarescu said Wednesday. more

08.29.2018

The number of employees went up to 4.94 million people this June, after employers hired almost 90,000 people in the first half. If the growth pace, which started in 2012, continues into the second more

12.21.2017

The companies making up the BET index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange have a debt ratio (total debt/total assets) of 7.7% to 90.7%, shows a survey by BT Equity Research, BT Capital Partners’ more

11.27.2016

Romania, Ireland and Bulgaria registered the lowest share of taxes and social contributions in percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015, namely, 24.4%, 28% and 29%, respectively. more

11.24.2016

The single-digit non-performing loan ratios that seemed like a fantasy right after the crisis are becoming a reality for Romanian banks as more and more lenders showed NPL ratios of less than 10% in more

07.07.2016

Non-performing loans (NPLs) totaled EUR1 trillion in the eurozone, or 9,2% of the gross domestic product, while in Romania, NPLs totaled EUR10 billion, or 6,7% of the GDP, in 2014. more

05.20.2016

Hypermarkets now account for almost one third the local grocery retail, as Romanian consumers spend about EUR5 billion in such stores every year. Modern retail has grown to 60% of the overall grocery more

09.09.2015

Only 40 of the 100 largest entrepreneurial businesses in Romania have a debt ratio above their sector average, ZF has calculated based on Trade Registry and Finance Ministry data. more

08.11.2015

The average debt ratio of the about 650,000 companies in Romania is 71%, almost double the average of the 100 largest companies by revenue, out of which 75 multinationals. more

07.31.2015

Romania’s new staff ratio was at only 5.7% in 2014, indicating share of the persons employed at a current position for no more than 12 months among the total employees, according to the EU's more

06.30.2015

The loan to deposit ratio, one of the indicators of the lending potential of the banking system, reached 93% at the end of May, the highest this year, driven by the resurgence of loan sales and the more

06.18.2015

Corporate lending recorded the highest non-performing loan ratio during the crisis, which peaked at 24% in the first half of 2014. Swiss franc and euro-denominated loans saw the highest NPL ratio of more

04.09.2015

Coal mining, restaurant, building construction, advertising and gambling are among the ten most debt-laden industries, whose debt ratio exceeds 80%, according to a ZF ranking based on Finance Ministry more