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The first month of autumn brought a series of economic and financial challenges for our country, especially in the context of a growing budget deficit, high inflation and volatility of energy prices. However, the Ciolacu government continued to...

Companies and natural persons who pay their outstanding main debts to the state budget by August 31, 2024, will benefit from the cancellation of the ancillary debts calculated for the payment obligations, according to the emergency ordinance...

The European leaders are expected to grant, at the European Council Summit today and tomorrow, Ursula von der Leyen a new mandate as president of the European Commission, a mandate that would be confirmed by the vote of the European Parliament....

The capital market in Romania can have an important role for the reconstruction of Ukraine and the development of the Republic of Moldova, argued the participants at the 10th edition of the CFA CEE Investment Conference, an event that this year...

The new school year brought us new fees and taxes in the first month of autumn, following the fiscal changes assumed in the Government Parliament to reduce the budget deficit. Threatened by the European Commission with the cut of allocations from...

The Ministry of Public Finance (MFP) has created the legal framework which will allow it to sell government bonds to the population directly through the State Treasury and intends to use that system for the next issue aimed at individual...

The idea of a "European economic government" has been brought up once again by Francois Hollande, two days ago, but this time confining it to "gouvernement de l'eurozone", which proves not only that French presidents have one...

CHF borrowers suspect that banks have made speculations based on lending terms, as many consumers claim that, at the time they contracted their loans denominated in CHF they got their money either in lei, or in Euros.

Lucian Anghel, the president of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, who was saying, in summer, that the issue of Government bonds for the population has entered "the final lap", yesterday said that he hoped the announcement of the first issue...

• The leu risks a depreciation of 15-20% 

• "Credit Suisse": At least 66 European banks would not pass new stress tests 

European officials that are facing the sovereign debt issue should not give up on the idea of launching common Eurozone bonds and they should develop integrated instruments in order to make this possible, even if Germany is against the idea, the...

On Friday, Valentin Lazea, chief economist of the National Romanian National (NBR), said that Romania had an economic crisis, not a financial one, said Valentin Lazea on Friday. He added that the lessons of the crisis were too quickly forgotten...

• The European Parliament and the Polish presidency of the EU reach a compromise concerning the sanctioning of countries with fiscal problems 

A true economic European government - that is what the joint French-German proposal sounds like, after the meeting of August 16th, which was held in Paris, between the heads of the two states, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, whose idea,...

Romania has returned to the investment category, after Fitch Ratings improved its credit ratings for long-term foreign currency loans from "BB+" to "BBB-", with a stable outlook.

The leu/euro yesterday reached the lowest level in the last four months, with the NBR displaying an exchange rate of 4.291 lei/Euro, up 2.03 bani over the previous session. Analysts claim that the strengthening of the Euro, which had fallen below...

• The amount that Romania is looking to raise has not been decided yet 

Romanian investors can trade American stocks at a lower cost, now that the Central Depository has established a cross border connection with the central depositories of the United States. This will allow Romanian investors to settle trades with...

The Ministry of Public Finance plans to expand the range of options available for the placement of its bonds. In its desire to lower the cost of its borrowing, it is considering tapping into the American market in the beginning of 2011.

Romania successfully borrowed one billion Euros through its 5-year Eurobonds issue, which offers a coupon of 5% and a total yield of 5.17% per annum, even though at this yield, demand from foreign investors reached EUR 4.9 billion.

The caravan for raising 1 billion Euros from the major European investors departs today, led by Sebastian Vlădescu, the minister of Finance.

Since the beginning of the year, the international press recently has been reviewing ancient history and literature in order to find the right terms for describing the current situation that Greece is in. They seem to have settled for...

The exchange rate yesterday for the Euro fell to an eight month low against the leu, mostly due to favorable sentiment of foreign investors in the region. Another reason for the depreciation of the European currency is the high yield for the leu...

Political instability, which bankers, analysts and businesspeople agree is the greatest threat for Romania"s economy, continued over the weekend, with the Central Electoral Office deciding on Friday to recount annulled votes in Romania"s...

Romania"s political crisis is having indirect effects, by causing a rise in the cost of foreign financing, as foreign investors are becoming increasingly risk adverse.

The Ministry of Finance will not accept yields in excess of 10 per cent p.a. on governmental securities issued this year, Secretary of State Bogdan Dragoi told the CEI Summit Economic Forum.

The Ministry of Finance will launch a Eurobonds on the international markets within at most two months, but has not yet determined the size of this issue, the maturity and the price, Bogdan Drăgoi, secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance...

Romania"s public debt reached 123.6 billion RON or 23.27% of the Gross Domestic Product at the end of June 2009, according to a report released by the Finance Ministry. Compared to the 109.752 billion RON or 21.78% of the GDP reported for the...