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"It's about the economy, stupid," the slogan coined by political strategist James Carville during Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign, still rings true more than 30 years later, according to a statista.com...

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...

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...

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...

Consiliul guvernatorilor Băncii Centrale Europene (BCE) a decis, ieri, reducerea cu 0,25% a ratei dobânzii de referinţă, marcând un nou pas în direcţia moderării politicii monetare restrictive, potrivit unui comunicat de presă emis de respectiva...

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 -...

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...

Demand for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel has been increasing in recent years, with these raw materials being used in a range of new technologies, from electric cars to wind turbines, which are becoming increasingly...

Japanese shares fell sharply on Friday, after Wall Street fell on concerns about the US economy the previous day. The rise of Japan's currency, the yen, against the dollar has also had an influence.

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...

Banca Centrală Europeană (BCE) a decis, ieri, să menţină nemodificată dobânda de referinţă şi nu a oferit vreun indiciu cu privire la următoarea mişcare, conform Reuters.

The European Central Bank (ECB) decided yesterday to keep the reference interest rate unchanged and did not give any indication of the next move, according to Reuters.

The first month of summer was more hectic than usual due to the fact that, in addition to the budgetary problems faced by the Government, on June 9 we had European parliamentary and local elections, new amendments to normative acts in the field...

The upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) started in the second part of last year entered a corrective phase, in April, during a period with declines in the main international stock markets.

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 Bank of Japan's decade-long fight against deflation and economic stagnation has resulted in near-zero profits domestically, forcing Japanese investors to move their money abroad, often to the United States. As a result, Japan is by far...

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...

The major index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225, rose on Friday, the last day of the fiscal year 2023, reaching 40,369.44 points, a level higher by 44% compared to the previous year, on the background of increased foreign purchases and...

The spot price of gold yesterday for the first time exceeded the threshold of $2,200 an ounce, after the previous day the US central bank (Fed) announced that there are prospects for three interest rate cuts this year, which suggests that the...

Japan's central bank (BoJ) decided yesterday to raise the benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a long-term policy of negative interest rates aimed at stimulating the economy, AP reports.

The political scene in our country was awakened to reality, from the sweet sleep it had fallen into during the winter holidays, on January 9, when hundreds of farmers began to move to the Capital, dissatisfied with the fiscal measures imposed by...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had strong increases in the second half of last year, well above the appreciations of the major western markets, especially on the background of the listing of Hidroelectrica, to which were added...

The first government round within a political coalition marked the second half of last year not through the lens of exceptional results, but through the continuation of taking measures that had a negative impact on the business environment, in...

The government was focused in the 4th financial quarter to reduce the budget deficit that it faced in the middle of the year and in the 3rd quarter, so that the officials in Brussels do not block the allocation of funds for our country from the...

The faulty management of the former management team of ASF, headed by Nicu Marcu, with particular consequences in the insurance market, where in recent years we have witnessed the bankruptcies of the companies City Insurance and Euroins Romania,...

The tightening of the limits provided by the geographical criterion and the demographic criterion regarding the establishment of pharmacies, a measure provided for in the draft government ordinance initiated by the Ministry of Health, a normative...

The main concern of the Government in the last month of autumn was to correct the errors crept into law 296/2023 through which fiscal changes were made, a normative act that passed the Parliament through the assumption of responsibility by the...

The estimated cost of insuring Turkey's housing stock against future earthquakes is $500 billion, the World Bank's director for Turkey, Humberto Lopez, reports balkaninsight.com.

Hidroelectrica ( H2O ), Transport Trade Services ( TTS ) and Purcari Wineries ( WINE ) had big profit increases in the third quarter, driven by core business, according to the latest analysis report from brokerage firm Prime Transaction....

Radu Soviani: Mr. Farmache, now, more than 30 years since the start of the mass privatization program, I ask you what were the thoughts behind initiating this program and what were the most interesting elements in its evolution over the...

The terrorist attacks that took place on October 7 in Israel, followed by the bombing of Gaza by the armed forces led from Tel Aviv, the attack in Brussels and the return of terrorist threats in the states of Western Europe made October the...

Romania's economy is showing weaker growth than previously anticipated, say OTP Bank analysts, who attribute the slowdown to challenges in the services and industry sectors, fiscal consolidation and weakening activity in the eurozone. In...

The change of government at the end of the first semester of this year apparently did not bode well for Prime Minister Ciolacu's team, which found itself with a budget deficit that is increasingly difficult to control and manage, with the...

The evolution of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) was strongly decorrelated with that of the international markets in the third quarter of the year, the main shares of our stock exchange having consistent increases, in a context...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had the biggest increases of this year, in September, a month in which the international stock markets faced significant declines, which shows that the factors underlying our market's...

The state capping of bank interest could become a reality if the European Commission's proposal for a directive on consumer loans passes the European Parliament as the text was adopted in first reading in the meeting of September 12, 2023....

For Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, is a frequent person. If in most countries of the world, democratic states, including Western democracies demonized in recent years by the leader from the Kremlin, Kim Jong-un is perceived...

Fiscal uncertainty did not scare investors at the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), whose stock purchases on Friday took the BET index to a new all-time high of 13,801 points, above last January's 13,682 points, while the BET-TR index, which...

Despite the pressures generated by the war with Ukraine, Russia's economy has not collapsed, and has even given President Vladimir Putin some reasons to be happy, according to an analysis by the independent Russian news site The Bell, which...