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The National Bank of Romania revised the inflation forecast for the last quarter of the year to 3.8%, from 3.5% as previously estimated, but the general downward trend in inflation remains, with the Consumer Price Index set to reach 3.1% in the...

The boycott of hypermarkets in our country between February 10-16, an action to which Romanian citizens were called by Călin Georgescu and the sovereignist parties, in order to protect Romanian farmers, proved to be a failure from the very first...

The year 2024 was marked by economic-financial and socio-political convulsions, which accentuated Romania's vulnerabilities in the face of domestic and international challenges. From the alarming budget deficit to the uncontrolled increase in...

The second half of 2024 represented a critical turning point for Romania's economy and political stability. In an attempt to counter the ever-expanding budget deficit and ensure macroeconomic balance, the government implemented a series of...

• November 1 

The prospect of far-right populist candidate Călin Georgescu winning the presidential elections brought massive drops to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices, in a month in which political instability in our country meant that the results...

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 Association of Electricity and Gas Suppliers in Romania (AFEER) draws attention to a 10% increase in natural gas bills for household consumers, starting January 1, 2025, if Parliament does not quickly adopt a legislative amendment. The gas...

Bitcoin has surged more than 30% since the U.S. election earlier this month, but has yet to break the psychological $100,000 mark. The world's most popular cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of around $99,617 last week, but has since started...

In 2024, two reports were published, prepared at the request of the European Commission. The first report, coordinated by Enrico Letta, is entitled "More than a Market" and refers to the transformation of the single market into a true...

The Pilon II private pension funds, to which employees in our country contribute 4.75% of their gross monthly income, bought shares in OMV Petrom, Hidroelectrica, Romgaz and BRD-Groupe Societe Generale, in the third quarter of the year, but they...

Romanian consumers are increasingly looking for a richer, more personalized and innovative online shopping experience when buying fashion items, shoes and accessories, according to a study commissioned by German retail company Zalando. The study,...

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...

Shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel's only stock exchange, have risen steadily since the start of the conflict with Hamas, which has now expanded on several fronts, despite the country's downgrade, growing deficit and persistent...

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 cost of charging an electric vehicle at a public charging station varies between 0 and 5 euros/100 km for most of Europe, with the lowest prices being charged in Iceland (2.9 euros), Portugal (3, 2 euros) and Finland (4.6 euros), according to...

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...

The impact of the Federal Reserve's long-awaited interest rate cut, which will be the first cut in four years, will be felt well outside the United States, according to a Reuters article reviewing the possible influence of the central...

The long-term upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) entered a corrective phase in August, primarily due to the contagion with foreign markets that suffered a severe fall at the beginning of the month. The BET index, of...

• August 1st 

• EU Harvest Decline 

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu does not have a plan, not even one copied from the Simion Plan or inspired by the Kamala Harris Plan, for the development of our country in the coming years, but only now is he trying to bury it by appealing to...

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 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.

Reporter:: How did the construction sector perform in the first semester of 2024? Is there a greater appetite for investment in the industrial area? Has the residential market contracted or stagnated compared to the first half of 2023?...

• "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...

• The company comes to the stock exchange at a valuation of 156 million lei, according to the price paid by most investors in the public offering 

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...

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...

This month, suppliers face huge prices on the balancing market, prices that have even reached a level of 16,000 lei per Megawatt, Laurentiu Urluescu, president of the Romanian Energy Suppliers Association (AFEER), told us.

• Sorin Mititelu: "The tariff increase is objective and was carried out in accordance with the regulations in force, at least until proven otherwise" 

The sale of full-electric cars will continue to decrease compared to last year, due to subsidies cut in half, said yesterday Dan Vardie, the president of the Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Automobiles (APIA), during a press...

The upward trend of the main indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), which started in the second half of last year, continued in June, during which our market was under the specter of dividends granted by its main companies.

The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania decided on Friday July 5, 2024 decrease in the monetary policy interest rate to 6.75% per annum, from 7% per annum, starting from July 8, 2024, decrease in the interest rate for the credit...

Given that Europe has only 9% of the necessary raw materials, sustainability is an essential condition for the construction sector, argue the specialists of the Strabag company who work in the Zublin Innovation Center in Stuttgart, Germany and...

Premier Energy, the last issuer listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), revised an 80 million euro loan with J&T Banka by reducing the interest rate and the annual amortization payment of the loan, according to a...

The central authorities in Bucharest received 1.09 billion euros from the European Union, through the Modernization Fund, for the financing of contracts for difference (CfD), through which the price of electricity will be fixed for a period of 15...

In 2023, Romania's economy recorded a moderation in the growth rate, to 2.1%, which however remained relatively solid from a European and regional perspective. The twin deficits remained at high levels, while the annual inflation rate evolved...