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The U.S. stock market has had a tremendous run over the past decade, but the years ahead may not be so spectacular, according to recent views of some big Wall Street banks.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has gone through a period marked by volatility since October 7, 2023, but despite this, investors have maintained a cautious optimism, according to an article published yesterday by the website www.calcalist .co.il....

• Marcel Ciolacu: "84% of the deficit goes to the investment area" • The Fiscal Council: "Undersized expenses, overestimated revenues, cash budget deficit of 8% at the end of 2024" • With an additional allocation of 5.48 billion lei,...  

Long-term, recurring investments and quality companies such as those on the Bucharest Stock Exchange represent the secret of successful investments in shares, says Adrian Negru, CEO of Raiffeisen Asset Management.

After the American vice president Kamala Harris presented at the end of last week her economic program as a candidate for the position of the president of the USA, we wonder if what is called the Simion Plan still looks like a utopia - as...

The main indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) marked a succession of new historical records in the first half of the year, in a general international context conducive to risky assets, boosted by internal elements such as the financial...

• Prashant Kothaari, Alpha Alternatives: "All of Trump's policies will probably be inflationary; the dollar is likely to depreciate against gold" 

The fact that we are in an election year does not influence the monetary policy decisions of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), which has proven to be independent, believes Lucian Anghel, Deputy CEO at Libra Internet Bank.

The first government round within a political coalition marked the second half of last year not through the lens of exceptional results, but through the continuation of taking measures that had a negative impact on the business environment, in...

The government was focused in the 4th financial quarter to reduce the budget deficit that it faced in the middle of the year and in the 3rd quarter, so that the officials in Brussels do not block the allocation of funds for our country from the...

Last year, the government cut 7.2 billion lei from the money allocated for the endowment of the Army and transferred that amount to the reserve fund in order to retain the loyalty of its party clientele, says deputy Claudiu Năsui (USR), former...

Germany plans to return to limiting net new borrowing next year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said yesterday, after the parties in the ruling coalition reached an agreement on the budget after a month of difficult negotiations, reports Reuters....

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) is not considering a reduction in the monetary policy interest rate until inflation falls sharply, Governor Mugur Isărescu said on Friday, during the conference where he presented the "Quarterly Report on...

Romania does not need financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and there is no need to increase the VAT, stated, yesterday, the head of the IMF mission for Romania, Kees Martijn, during a press conference that took place at...

Marcel Boloş, the Minister of Finance, claims that the fiscal measures discussed by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels at the end of last week, must be implemented,...

The fiscal rules proposed by the European Commission endanger the public investments necessary to combat climate change and, if they were applied, our country could increase its allocation for green investments by only 1%, without jeopardizing...

Reducerea cu 2,3 miliarde euro a bugetului Uniunii Europene pentru anul viitor propusă de reprezentanţii statelor membre a fost respinsă, ieri, de membrii Comisiei pentru buget a Parlamentului European,...

The 2.3 billion euro reduction of the European Union budget for next year proposed by the representatives of the member states was rejected, yesterday, by the members of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament,...

Drawing up the state budget draft, resuming the school year, in the second semester, with pupils and students physically attending courses, the waiving of free access to railroad transport for students, the protests of the public sector employees...

The Leu has reacted differently against various currencies, during the pandemic, with the EUR/RON exchange rate going up, while the opposite happened to USD/RON. The latter happened because of the weakening of the dollar against the Euro, during...

• Not even the Wizard of Oz could solve the issue of government revenues and expenses 

Reporter: What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on the economies?

The US-China trade war will slow the growth of the global economy this year at the lowest annual rate since the 2008-2009 crisis, warned the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

• Interview with economist Lucian Isar 

OMV wants to reduce its dependence on the European market, between 2020-2025, and will focus on acquisitions in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, according to CEO Rainer Seele.

The financial banking system seems to be the focus of most of the investigation entities. After being audited by the National Tax Administration Agency (ANAF) and by the National Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC), some of the banks which...

UniCredit Bank analysts are issuing a warning that the Romanian government is repeating many of the mistakes that have led to the recession of 2009-2010. The quoted experts are mentioning both the fiscal policy that is risky for the economy, as...

The signals on the domestic market, as well as the ones from the international markets, increasingly show us that the budget "fantasy" of the new government will be very costly for Romania, and the "price" that we are going to pay...

Reporter: PSD leader Liviu Dragnea says he found a "hole" in the budget of 10 - 14 billion lei, because of the positive rectification of November, and the technocrats are defending themselves claiming that the deficit of 2016 was...

Reporter: Do you think that in 2009, we actually needed the loan that Romania took out from the international lenders? Why did we get to the point of having to call upon the international financial institutions, when the government had...

Raiffeisen Bank has snuck a gloomy prediction for the Romanian economy in the prospectus of the MedLife IPO, which it intermediates.

Wolfgang Schäuble, the rigid German finance minister, who was unyielding in his negotiations concerning Greece's debts, is now asking for the understanding of the Union's citizens and for their trust in the shared project, as "the...

Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos yesterday urged the country's international creditors to complete the review of the reform measures adopted in Athensby May 1st and to put an end to the long talks about the pension cuts, respectively....

If the law on the conversion of loans denominated in foreign currencies which the Ministry of Public Finance is currently working on, were mandatory, then customers could be hurt, says NBR deputy governor Bogdan Olteanu.

Reporter: One of the burning issues that some banks, as well as some consumers are faced with, is that of loans denominated in Swiss francs. As OTP Bank is one of the institutions that have granted such loans and taking into account the fact that...

2019 could be the year when smaller stock exchanges in the European Union, a category which also includes the Bucharest Stock Exchange, will be officially swallowed by stronger ones, if the European Commission sticks to its plan and succeeds in...

The value added tax and the excises may be cut earlier than we would have expected, specifically, by the end of 2015, as announced on February 19th by Darius Vâlcov, the minister of Public Finance, at the "Romania's development in the new...

While the members of Parliament have "wound down" in the issue of loans denominated in Swiss francs (it has been postponed for the second time on the 28th of January in the Budget Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, due to a lack of...

Reporter: What effects do you think the cut of the Social Security Contributions will have in the economy and when it comes to the stability of the macroeconomic environment?

Reporter: The economy has entered a recession, after two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. How do you think the economy will evolve in the coming months, given a weaker harvest, the drop in investments, the drop in exports and the...