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The European economy suffers from capital market fragmentation and bureaucracy, which hinders adequate financing for innovation and start-ups, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, yesterday in her speech at the World...

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.

The US stock market has appreciated by more than 20% in 2024 for the second year in a row, supported by solid growth in the United States economy, interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve amid a disinflationary trend, continued enthusiasm about...

For several asset classes, 2024 was a remarkable year: Bitcoin rose to historical highs, gold recorded its best performance in the last 14 years, and the US dollar rose due to the evolution of the US economy, according to an analysis by...

The year 2025 is shaping up to be difficult for investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), with the major budget deficit of our country, which must be reduced through fiscal measures with a possible impact on companies, the economic...

The dollar hit a two-year high against major currencies on foreign markets on Tuesday, with the pound the biggest loser, as solid US jobs data released late last week prompted traders to cut interest rates, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

China's central bank halted purchases of government bonds late last week in an attempt to slow one-way bond trading that has been weighing on the yuan, analysts said, CNBC reported.

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had an evolution marked by two distinct phases last year when, after a strong increase until the summer, the electoral period and the situation arising from the parliamentary and presidential...

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...

The Parliament established following the 2020 elections ends its four-year mandate today, a period that can be characterized as one marked by major crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the energy crisis following the war in Ukraine, political...

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...

Investors who wish to subscribe to Fidelis government bonds can do so until today, at 1:00 p.m., according to information in the offer prospectus of the Ministry of Finance.

Asset valuations across the US economy remain elevated, fueled by investor optimism as the Federal Reserve (Fed) begins its easing cycle, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com.

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...

Subscriptions in the Fidelis government bond offering have exceeded the 100 million euro threshold, four days after the start of the market operation, according to our calculations based on data from a brokerage house's platform.

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 S&P 500 is up about 27% this year, slightly above its 24% gain in 2023, and if the year were to end at this point, it would be the best performance of the main U.S. stock market basket since 2019, an evolution that was not anticipated by...

The initial public offering (IPO) market in Europe is expected to continue its recovery in 2025, despite threats from trade tensions and political turmoil, bankers consulted by Bloomberg say, according to Agerpres.

Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85% of rivers tested in England, an analysis of UK government statistics has revealed. Environmental groups analysed Environment Agency data on neonicotinoid pesticides present in rivers tested in...

A record number of Americans have become entrepreneurs during the pandemic, with the demand for new businesses reaching huge proportions, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis based on figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...

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 "red wave in the United States", where Donald Trump won the presidency and the Republicans obtained total control of Congress, fueled the growth of the price of Bitcoin, which yesterday hit $80,000 for the first time in history, but...

The US stock market as well as other risky assets are favored in the current political and economic context in the US, where the Republican Donald Trump won his second term in the White House and the majority in the US congress, and stocks have...

The rising cost of living is making the "American dream" increasingly difficult to achieve today, according to an Investopedia analysis, picked up by visualcapitalist.com, which highlights that while pandemic-driven wage growth has...

Regardless of which candidate wins the US presidential election, capital markets are unlikely to be heavily influenced in the short term, but later, when the winner's policies are implemented, the impact may be more significant, it said in a...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had slight declines in October, ahead of the financial reporting season related to the third quarter, i.e. the first nine months of the year and in anticipation of the elections that are more than...

• October 1 

The preparation of the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections that will take place on November 24, respectively December 1, led the Government to increase the amount of budget expenditures in the second month of autumn in...

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

In US history, the third year of a presidential term has been the most favorable for the US stock market, which may be due to policies adopted in those years to stimulate the economy ahead of the next election, according to an analysis...

Our country is in the middle of the European ranking in terms of burnout, but it is registering an increasing trend, especially among young people, claims Professor Dragoş Iliescu, a lecturer at the University of Bucharest. He noted that...

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 recent years, ecological trends and the fight against climate change have become a central topic on the global agenda, and some financial-banking institutions have decided to play an active role in influencing the lifestyle of their customers,...

Achieving a sustainable economy and reaching some targets of the Green Deal have the support of the banking system in our country, which in recent years has introduced several green credit products, even if the interest rates charged on some of...

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 upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), which started in the middle of last year, stalled in the third quarter, in contrast to the evolution of most western markets, which points to internal causes for the weak...

The economic costs generated by dropping out of school in Romania have reached an estimated value of approximately 15.7 billion euros over the last 11 years, equivalent to approximately 5.23% of the country's annual GDP, according to a report...

State bonds are a basis for converting investors to other stock market instruments, said yesterday Alexandru Petrescu, President of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), on the occasion of the event that marked the listing of the last...

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