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The Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isărescu, issued a clear warning yesterday regarding the direction of economic reforms and the risks associated with current fiscal policies. In a message directly addressed to the government,...

For the sustainability of public debt, given that the budget deficit reached 9.3% of Gross Domestic Product last year, a massive fiscal adjustment is necessary, i.e. a drastic reduction in public spending and better collection of revenues to the...

The evolution of capital markets reflects investors' expectations for the next six to nine months, so the strong increase in the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices that occurred after the election of the pro-European candidate in the...

Our country is facing an acute crisis of credibility, reflected in the low country rating and the high costs of financing loans, the major problems being the excessive budget deficit and the lack of credible fiscal measures, according to the...

Investor enthusiasm for Donald Trump's return to the White House quickly faded after the US president began imposing automatic tariffs on major US trading partners such as Canada, Mexico and China, raising concerns that trade tensions will...

The disappearance of the Dacian treasure, following a burglary on the last day it was still on display at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, represents the main event of the first month of 2025, despite the Government's attempts to keep...

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...

• January 1 

• July 25 

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...

• October 4 

The last financial quarter of last year was a time of intense complexity for the Romanian economy, in which political and economic forces faced significant challenges generated by the general elections, the tense geopolitical context and an...

Reporter: How did 2024 end for energy suppliers, and what are the prospects for 2025?

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...

The development of online commerce is closely related to artificial intelligence, better said to its use on new platforms and for the modeling of new applications characteristic of each type of consumer/client, stated the participants at the...

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...

• 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 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...

Un proiect pe termen mediu şi lung al birocraţiei UE, care s-a derulat pas cu pas, pe ascuns, printre picături şi crize succesive ori suprapuse, este independenţa fiscală a UE faţă de statele membre.

The escalation of the budget deficit indicates structural problems, which can only be remedied through urgent fiscal reforms that lead to budgetary consolidation, the Fiscal Council states in the report for the year 2023, published yesterday, a...

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 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 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...

The widening cost of living crisis and rising inflation in recent years have made many households wary of their bank balances, and this sentiment is particularly pronounced in Greece, according to survey data by Consumer Insights Statista.

The need for a real partnership between political decision-makers and civil society, between governments, parliaments and citizens, was the main topic of debate at the 12th edition of the Global Forum of Modern Direct Democracy, an event that...

The Plenary of the Parliament is to express itself today through a final vote on the state budget law and the state social insurance budget law, normative acts that were debated last night and voted on articles and annexes, in the meeting of the...

After examining the first set of documents sent by the Government on December 9 regarding the state budget for 2024 and the budget projections for the period 2025-2027, the Fiscal Council considers that it is very possible that the budget deficit...

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...

The application of a global tax of 2% on the assets of the 499 billionaires in the European Union would generate budgetary revenues of approximately 42.3 billion dollars (40 billion euros) for the European states, compared to the 6 billion...

Cristian Erbaşu, the president of the Federation of Construction Societies Patronages (FPSC), claims that the reduction of the fiscal facilities previously granted to this activity sector will finally be reflected in the price paid by customers....

The explosion at an illegally operating LPG station in Crevedia, a disaster that has so far resulted in four deaths and 54 injuries, revealed last month the corruption within the Romanian state and the inefficiency of the work of some public...

Marcel Boloş, the Minister of Finance, claims that the fiscal measures discussed by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels at the end of last week, must be implemented,...

The fiscal rules proposed by the European Commission endanger the public investments necessary to combat climate change and, if they were applied, our country could increase its allocation for green investments by only 1%, without jeopardizing...

European funds represent a "golden nugget", which can mitigate the costs of macroeconomic adjustment, facilitate the necessary reforms (including the modernization of the Romanian state), facilitate the financing of the balance of...

Drawing up the state budget draft, resuming the school year, in the second semester, with pupils and students physically attending courses, the waiving of free access to railroad transport for students, the protests of the public sector employees...

• (Interview with Mr. Cristian Pârvan, AOAR Secretary General) 

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...

The US-China trade war will slow the growth of the global economy this year at the lowest annual rate since the 2008-2009 crisis, warned the International Monetary Fund (IMF).