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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...

The social and political convulsions of the first three months of the current year left their mark on the entire semester, because the PSD-PNL coalition turned to the state piggy bank to calm them down. Thus, the Ciolacu government decided to...

The resolutions proposed by the shareholder Blue Capital for the general and extraordinary meetings of Lion Capital on April 29, respectively that half of the profit be allocated as dividends and the realization of a program to buy back 50...

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Political decision-makers in Bucharest continued in the last month of the first quarter of the current year to adopt decisions regarding the extension of some price capping measures and to dilute the provisions of Law 296/2023 and GEO 115/2023...

Despite some improvements, our country still faces the vulnerability of fiscal revenues, and large budget deficits and high inflation rates, which are all above pre-pandemic levels, make the economy potentially vulnerable to shocks, the European...

Romania's fiscal-budgetary imbalance is categorically recognized as the main problem we have to solve at present, believes the Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Mugur Isărescu. The head of the central bank points out that we are...

Tax experts warn the government that it should be prepared for an economic downturn of 8-9%. The Executive needs to be cautious and take into account a minimum level of contraction of the real GDP in 2020 of at least 3.5%, according to the 2020...

Romania doesn't meet any of the four criteria for joining the Eurozone and switching to the Euro, the European Commission said, in its convergence report published yesterday.

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

Reporter: What is your view on the current economic situation?

A historic moment for the European Union, which starting with February 1st, will lose an important member of its community! After 47 years in the European Union and three years of negotiations and disagreements which turned into a political...

• (Interview with Alexandru Stânean, general manager of TeraPlast) 

Economic growth of 4.1%, budget deficit of 3.59%, average inflation rate of 3.1% - these are the main macro-economic indicators that the budget for next year was built around, according to the Report on the macroeconomic situation for the year...

• Even though S&P expects that next year we will begin a process of significant fiscal consolidation, the rigid structure of the budget and the volatility of the political environment represent risks to this hypothesis 

In October 2016, the governor of the NBR was saying that "throughout my career I have not seen a better macroeconomic situation for Romania", which was accompanied by "the greatest risks".

When you've painted yourself into the corner, by ignoring the mistakes of monetary policy, yours and those of others, the only "effective" measure remains prayer.

The breakup of the coalition, the meeting in the White House between Klaus Iohannis and Donald Trump and the IMF report concerning the outlook for our economy are the most important events which took place in August, that concern Romania's...

The risk of central banks leading the economy towards a period of stagnation is increasingly evident. Both the considerable drops in the growth estimates, as well as the expectations of the central banks concerning the GDP and inflation, as well...

• Eugen Teodorovici: "Everybody talks about a European family, but it's every man for himself" 

• Interview with economist Lucian Isar 

Reporter: How would you describe the banking market, at the present time?

The urge "Mircea, act like you're working!", back in the days of the so-called revolution of December 1989, was brought back recently by a new "director".

The hope of an accession as quick as possible by Romania to the Eurozone was dealt a heavy blow precisely on the National Day.

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...

Liviu Voinea, deputy governor and member of the Board of Directors of the NBR has been nominated by the PSD for the position of prime-minister.

Having heavily involved itself in the political game lately, the Central Bank of Romania seems to be neglecting precisely the main risk factor to macroeconomic stability.

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...

• ADEVARUL 

The International Monetary Fund (FMI) has postponed until November the evaluation of the agreement concluded with Romania, prime-minister Victor Ponta announced yesterday.

This year, "Philip Morris" Romania will invest 1 million Euros in the modernization of the plant it owns in Otopeni, with the investment consisting in the installation of a new, more energy efficient cooling unit, said Andrei Vasilescu,...

After a month of hard winter, like we've never had in the last 50 years, spring shows its first signs. But not for Romania's economy.

The crisis - the European context and the newly adopted solutions for rescuing Greece, the consequences which the latter will have for the banking system as well as the solutions which could be adopted to allow Romania to more easily weather the...

• Die Welt: The summit of the EU leaders may be postponed 

• Number of bankruptcies could increase 

• For the coming period, businesspeople and financial expect a moderate appreciation of the Romanian currency 

• Interest rates