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Last year, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) missed both the inflation target as well as the consumer prices forecasts. The National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced yesterday an annual inflation rate of 4% last year.

• (Interview with Alexandru Stânean, general manager of TeraPlast) 

• Alin Brendea, Prime Transaction: "The favorable context of the defense industry in recent years has also had a positive influence on the financial results of Turbomecanica" 

Reporter: What were the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 like for businessmen?

Our capital market will not remain unaffected by conflicts in the Middle East, but will most likely react late, being less exposed to international events than other, more developed foreign markets, analysts consulted by BURSA newspaper said....

The year 2020 will be marked by three events with a major impact on Romania's development: The European Union will adopt the new 2021-2027 financial perspective and we expect our country to be allocated a volume of European funds at least as...

The association between the Federal Reserve and the "deep state" fighting President Donald Trump was only a matter of time. Probably the only question is why so much time has passed from the first allegations made by Trump against the...

Just like he does every year, for a few hours, this Saturday, Santa Claus stopped by at BURSA, with his bag full of sweets and toys. Around 150 children in the Popa Tatu area were delighted to see him again and to tell him poems and songs,...

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...

• (Interview with Mircea Ursache, former president of ASF) 

• Even though S&P expects that next year we will begin a process of significant fiscal consolidation, the rigid structure of the budget and the volatility of the political environment represent risks to this hypothesis 

• Marcel Murgoci, Estinvest: "Looking at it strictly from the point of view of the Price to Book Value indicator, we can say that the RPH stock is correctly valued" 

In October 2016, the governor of the NBR was saying that "throughout my career I have not seen a better macroeconomic situation for Romania", which was accompanied by "the greatest risks".

Biofarm (BIO) shares have seen a rather tepid evolution over the last nearly two years. The Bucharest-based drug maker saw a rise of 16.78%, from the beginning of last year until the 4th of December 2019, below that of major companies listed on...

Denied, minimized, covered-up, the looting of the domestic forests comes to light in all its hideousness. What the media and regular folks have reported / found is now confirmed at the highest level. The accusations are serious, and the fact that...

The judicial system seems to be again in the spotlight, these days have been marked by a series of actions in the field, with an impact both on the activity of the magistrates and on the political scene.

• Dochia: "The pressure on the pension system is very high and the decision makers need to be very careful when it comes to their decisions"  

At the time I wrote these lines, five hours before the polls closed, Klaus Iohannis had a clear victory. No surprise! All indicators, throughout the day, anticipated a difference of at least 20% between Klaus Iohannis and his counter-candidate:...

• The writhing of the candidate without theoretical odds 

November 20, 1995 - The first trading session is held on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE), after, in April, the BSE was re-established as an institution of public interest.

Style and elegance, brightness and ostentation, light and color, music and dancing, prizes and surprises - those were some of the ingredients of the BURSA Gala on Thursday, November 14th, which, held at the majestic Palace of Parliament, marked...

The first round of the presidential election showed once again what we have known for 30 years: nothing changes! Logic says that as long as we had no debates between the main candidates, it follows that people didn't cast their votes based on...

• Adrian Vasilescu: "The German press talks about the end of abundance" 

V.V. Ponta and V.V. Dăncilă have eliminated their traitors from the party (the few members ProRomania and the PSD who voted in support of the appointment of the Orban Cabinet). They are outright stating that they do not support the freedom of...

The budget execution of the first nine months represented a pleasant surprise: the scale of the disaster was published after a delay of only a few days.

In the case of Realitatea TV I do not feel that I need to do research, I am just going to write like any TV viewer would write - if it were that easy on most articles, journalism wouldn't matter much.

Societatea Energetică Electrica S.A. informs the investors and the capital market that the Financial Supervisory Authority approved, through the Decision no. 1311 of 30 October 2019, the Simplified Prospectus regarding the issue of up to 309,869...

When I read that "Mario Draghi declared victory in the battle for the euro," in an interview with the Financial Times, I remembered how people used to complete the expression the "victory of socialism" before 1989, by adding...

After two years of heated discussions, controversies and high-level resignations, the Brexit saga seems to be nearing the end. The outcome of the UK is decided this week, with laborious discussions being scheduled between the British officials...

Apparently, Viorica Dăncilă changed her mind on expelling Paul Stănescu, the leader of one of the most powerful county organizations of the Social democrats: "I consider all my colleagues act on good faith. They will prove that they were...

When you've painted yourself into the corner, by ignoring the mistakes of monetary policy, yours and those of others, the only "effective" measure remains prayer.

Tokyo Stock Exchange wants to persuade Saudi oil giant Aramco to list its shares on this market as part of its international component of its future IPO.

The US public debt has reached 1 trillion dollars in the fiscal year which ended on September 30 1981, after increasing by about 81 billion compared to the previous year.

Monica Melencu, mother of Luiza Melencu (victim of Gheorghe Dincă, in the Caracal case), has been fined 5,000 lei for once again refusing to allow the taking of DNA samples, which she has been ordered to do by court ruling; scared by the fine...

HSBC Holdings Plc, the biggest banking group, was partially exonerated in a case of manipulation of the Euribor, as the European General Court decided to revoke the fine of 33.6 million Euros levied upon the lender.

More than four and a half years after the explosion of the Swiss franc, (CHF), after repeated protests by debtors, wide scale debates in the Parliament, concerning draft laws on the matter, promises by politicians and banks that they would...

We are very near to going back to the way things were in the communist period, when electricity was being cut off voluntarily due to the insufficient supply, specialists in the market are saying in unison.

• (Interview with Paolo Benanti, professor of technology ethics, the Gregorian Pontifical University)  

The most important central bank in the world is trying to find out what has happened last week, when interest rates on the repo market reached intraday all time high, of approximately 10%, even though the surplus reserves in the banking system...