April in numbers

April 1

- The National Bank of Romania announces that, as of March 31, 2026, foreign exchange reserves at the National Bank of Romania stood at 67,032 million euros, compared to 65,023 million euros on February 28, 2025. The level of the gold reserve remained at 103.6 tons. Given the evolution of international prices, its value stood at 13,246 million euros. Romania's international reserves (currency plus gold) as of March 31, 2026 were 80,278 million euros, compared to 79,639 million euros on February 28, 2025.

April 2

- The Executive approves the National Strategy of State Reserves for the period 2026-2030, which aims to strengthen the state's response capacity in situations of energy, food, military or humanitarian crises.

- The Government adopts a new "Solidarity Package", intended for pensioners, vulnerable families and children with disabilities.

- The dollar - at the highest rate of the month against our currency: 4.4232 lei, according to the NBR.

April 3

- The financial rating agency Standard & Poor's maintains Romania's sovereign rating at the "BBB-/A-3" level, but with a negative outlook.

- The Executive adopts an emergency ordinance by which the excise duty on standard diesel sold on the domestic market is temporarily reduced by 30 bani per liter: from 2,804.29 lei/1,000 liters to 2,504.29 lei/1,000 liters.

April 7

- The NBR Board of Directors decides the following: maintaining the monetary policy interest rate at the level of 6.50% per year; maintaining the interest rate for the lending facility (Lombard) at 7.50% per annum and the interest rate on the deposit facility at 5.50% per annum; maintaining the current levels of the minimum reserve requirements for liabilities in lei and in foreign currency of credit institutions.

April 8

- The gram of gold reaches the maximum price of the month: 671.1764 lei, according to the NBR.

April 9

- The franc reaches the minimum exchange rate of the month against our currency: 5.5139 lei, according to the NBR.

April 14

- The dollar - at the lowest exchange rate of the month against our currency: 4.3196 lei, according to the NBR.

April 15

- Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and the Minister of Energy, Bogdan Ivan, present a plan to eliminate speculative blockages in the electricity networks and accelerate strategic investments.

- Euro - at the lowest rate of the month against the leu: 5.0914 lei, according to NBR data.

- The NBR announces that, in the period January-February 2026, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of 3,191 million euros, compared to 3,638 million euros in the period January-February 2025. In its structure, the balance of goods recorded a deficit lower by 932 million euros, the balance of services - a surplus lower by 225 million euros, and the balance of primary income and that of secondary income - deficits higher by 251 million euros and 9 million euros, respectively.

April 16

- The Government approves the report of an interministerial committee led by the Deputy Prime Minister for State Reform, Oana Gheorghiu, a document containing the list of state-owned companies considered eligible for entry into the listing procedure on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

April 23

- PSD ministers resign from the Bolojan Government, and in the following days the state secretaries, including the Secretary General of the Government, also resign.

April 27

- Fidelis government bonds issued in April debut on the BVB. The Ministry of Finance attracted 1.9 billion lei through the fourth offer of Fidelis government bonds intended for the population in 2026, the largest amount this year.

- BNR announces that broad money supply (M3) recorded, at the end of March 2026, a balance of 793,536.6 million lei. This increased by 0.5% (-0.3% in real terms) compared to February 2026, and compared to March 2025 it increased by 7.3% (-2.4% in real terms).

April 28

- PSD and opposition parties file a motion of censure against the Government, accusing it of "accelerated sale of public assets” and "subordination of the state's strategic interests to financial markets”.

April 29

- The motion of censure entitled "STOP the "Bolojan Plan” to destroy the economy, impoverish the population and fraudulently sell state assets” is presented in the reunified plenary of Parliament by the leader of the AUR senators, Petrişor Peiu.

- The gram of gold, quoted at the minimum level of the month: 638.3798 lei, according to the NBR.

April 30

- The Ministry of Finance announces that the consolidated general budget ended with a deficit of 21.09 billion lei, or 1.03% of GDP in the first three months of 2026, compared to a deficit of 43.66 billion lei, or 2.28% of GDP in the same period in 2025.

- The euro rises to the maximum exchange rate of the month against the leu: 5.1417 lei, according to NBR figures.

- The franc reaches the maximum exchange rate of the month against our currency: 5.5483 lei, according to NBR data.

- The BET index, of the 20 most liquid stocks on the BVB, ended April up 1.7%, at 28,263 points, while the energy sector index, BET-NG, appreciated by 2.4%, at 2,102 points.

- Shares of energy infrastructure company Premier Energy appreciated by 9.8% last month, those of Danube freight carrier Transport Trade Services, by 9.4%.

- Shares of Sphera Franchise Group, which operates the Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell food chains, rose by 7.3%.

- Shares of energy producer and supplier Hidroelectrica rose by 6.9% in April, those of energy producer Nuclearelectrica - by 5.8%.

- Banca Transilvania shares appreciated by 1.3%, while BRD - Groupe Societe Generale shares increased by 3.6%.

- Shares of consumer goods distributor Aquila Part Prod fell by 14.8% in April, while those of sausage producer Cris-Tim Family Holding fell by 9.5%.

- The BET-FI index, of former SIFs and Fondul Proprietatea, rose by 0.6%, to 98,133 points, in a month with low price developments of its constituent shares.