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Over 9.4 million citizens who went to the polls on November 24 had their options canceled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, which, after validating the first round of the presidential elections on December 2, reversed its decision on...

Political events brought volatility to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) in December, with our capital market indices nevertheless ending the last month of the year in positive territory.

Reporter: How did 2024 end for energy suppliers, and what are the prospects for 2025?

Gold has gained about 26% so far this year, on track for its best annual performance since 2010, largely driven by the U.S. central bank's interest rate cut and heightened geopolitical tensions that have driven investors to the traditional...

Fitch revised the outlook of our country's long-term foreign currency credit rating from "stable" to "negative" and maintained the rating at "BBB-", in a climate marked by political uncertainty, expectations of a more...

Cocoa bean futures hit a new all-time high of more than $12,000 a ton on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as concerns about declining production in Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa bean producer, Bloomberg reported, according to...

The end of the calendar autumn was marked by the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on November 24 and December 1. For this reason, in order to increase its chances before the election and to maximize the chances of its own...

The year 2025 could become one of the three warmest years ever recorded globally, according to the British agency Met Office. The estimates come after a year 2024 that could break all temperature records, exceeding for the first time the...

Fondul Proprietatea (FP), Sphera Franchise Group (SFG) and Evergent Investments (EVER) are the issuers that Prime Transaction analysts expect to have the highest dividend yields in the BET-BK index next year, according to the attached analysis...

The Games have been over for months, but there is still good news coming out of Paris. Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been halved compared to previous editions, despite the higher-than-expected impact...

Airlines around the world expect to carry a record 5.2 billion passengers in 2025 and also record a cumulative net profit of $36.6 billion, despite persistent supply chain problems, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced...

Artificial intelligence is also proving very efficient in the field of meteorology. Google has developed an Artificial Intelligence system capable of forecasting the weather for a period of 15 days and with unprecedented accuracy, thus saving...

European natural gas benchmarks rose for a second straight session on Thursday, with the weather forecast calling for cooler temperatures in many parts of the continent, Bloomberg reported, according to Agerpres.

The Market Analysis and Strategies Department of the Goldring brokerage house estimates a target price of between 7.08 lei and 7.11 lei for the shares of the induction heating equipment manufacturer Aages Târgu Mureş, in the next twelve months,...

The funds attracted through the Romgaz bond issue, worth 500 million euros, will support the natural gas producer's entire investment plan, which amounts to almost one billion euros next year, said yesterday Răzvan Popescu, the company's...

The public debt/GDP ratio is a key indicator of a country's financial health, providing insight into a government's ability to manage its debt, while also shaping the flexibility of fiscal policy and playing a crucial role in influencing...

Banca Naţională a României (BNR) a revizuit în creştere prognoza de inflaţie pentru finele acestui an, la 4,9% faţă de 4% cât era prognoza anterioară, şi estimează o inflaţie de 3,5% pentru finalul anului viitor, la limita intervalului superior...

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised upward the inflation forecast for the end of this year, to 4.9% compared to the previous forecast of 4%, and estimates inflation of 3.5% for the end of next year, at the limit of the range above the...

The Department of Analysis and Market Strategies of the brokerage house Goldring maintains its price target for the share of OMV Petrom (SNP) in the range of 0.78 - 0.82 lei, estimated in the spring, according to a report published at the end of...

The Dutch banking group ING Groep NV is launching a share buyback and dividend distribution program worth 2.5 billion euros, Reuters announces.

The Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates this year as much as markets expect because "embedded inflation" is too high, Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, told a conference call yesterday in Saudi...

In the context of the current economic and political tensions in Israel, generated in particular by the war with Hamas that began on October 7, 2023, the impact on Romania's economy is considerable, considering the close economic relations...

The national economy will register an economic growth between 1.2 and 1.8% at the end of 2024, much lower than the one announced by the Government, of 2.8%, based on the data provided by the National Strategy and Forecasting Commission , said...

The third quarter of 2024 was marked by a series of major challenges for Romania's economy. High summer temperatures have led to increased energy consumption, and the government has taken drastic measures to cover energy needs, including the...

The US dollar fell against most major currencies in 2024 as markets anticipated the first post-pandemic interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

More than half of global electricity will come from low-carbon sources by the end of this decade, according to a report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). While this development marks major progress towards decarbonisation, the...

French-Italian-American carmaker Stellantis NV confirmed late last week that CEO Carlos Tavares will retire at the end of his contract, i.e. at the beginning of 2026, while announcing significant management changes as a result of not having...

The sovereign investment fund should focus on supporting the Romanian capital, emphasized the MEP and university professor Dr. Gheorghe Piperea.

• 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,...  

Major global investment banks are cutting their forecasts for oil prices this year and next as supply is expected to remain tight while the outlook for demand growth is weak.

The Board of Governors of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided, yesterday, to reduce the reference interest rate by 0.25%, marking a new step towards the moderation of the restrictive monetary policy, according to a press release issued by the...

Oil prices fell earlier this week to a level not seen since December 2021 after Brent crude fell 8% last week, according to Business Insider.

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

Russia's economy is showing solid growth in many sectors while unemployment remains at a record low, statistical data released Wednesday showed, prompting Moscow officials to advance an upbeat outlook for the full year despite Western...

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, raised the alarm about the major problems facing the planet. Antonio Guterres has issued a global climate "SOS". The Pacific Islands Summit organized by the United Nations...

The eurozone economy made an unexpected advance in August as the boost from the Paris Olympics boosted the private sector to its best performance in three months. According to data published by Bloomberg, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)...

Nature is increasingly difficult to control. Sydney, Australia's flagship city, is "vulnerable" to rising ocean levels in the context of global warming, according to a new government report. The state of New South Wales, where the...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) yesterday kept its forecast for global oil demand unchanged in 2024, but downgraded estimates for 2025, citing the impact of Chinese consumption, according to Reuters.

• "The inflation forecast does not look bad, but two words abound in the BNR press release - risks and uncertainties" 

The middle of the calendar summer constituted a real challenge for the national energy system, in view of the increase in electricity consumption due to a prolonged period of 10 consecutive hot days, when temperatures of over 40 degrees in the...