The average net salary in Romania stood at RON5,914 (EUR1,161) in December 2025, higher by 4.8% compared to December 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (February 12, 2025).
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 1.6% in unadjusted data and by 2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in December 2025 compared to December 2024, the country’s statistical office INS said on Thursday (Feb. 5).
Romania’s industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 6% in December 2025 compared to December 2024, the country's statistical office INS said on Tuesday (February 3, 2026).
Romania's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6% in December 2025 compared to November 2025, the country's statistical office INS has announced on Friday (January 30), quoting provisional data.
The macroeconomic confidence index of CFA Romania Association edged down, by 0.6%, in December as the anticipations component rose, with survey participants expecting budgetary gap reduction policies to continue, but the current conditions one declined amid falling consumption in October and December.
Household and company bank deposits went up by 6.9% in December 2025 against the year-earlier period, to RON676 billion, as RON-denominated deposits rose by 4.5% and foreign currency ones, expressed in lei, by 12.5%, in line with central bank data.
Romania's annual inflation rate inched lower to 9.7% in December 2025 after reaching 9.8% in November and October 2025 and peaking at 9.9% in September and August 2025, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (January 14).
Romania managers for the December 2025-February 2026 period forecast a moderate decrease in economic activity, rising prices in retail and constructions and a headcount decline in the processing industry and constructions, in line with data published by the country’s statistics board INS.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON428 million from banks on Monday (December 15), selling bonds at an annual average yield of 6.91%.
The December 2025 edition of the Fidelis government bonds program, this year's eleventh and final edition, held between December 5 and 12, 2025, attracted subscriptions of almost RON1.5 billion, Romania's finance ministry announced on Monday (December 15).
Romania's finance ministry is conducting the 11th public offering for Fidelis government bonds in 2025, on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), between December 5 and 12.
Romania's three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, as well as for companies' leu-denominated loans, fell to 6.21% per annum on Wednesday (December 3), from 6.22% in the previous session, central bank data show.
The average net salary in Romania decreased by 5.6% (-RON317) in nominal terms in January 2024 compared to December 2024, to 5,328 (EUR1,070), data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (March 14, 2025).
The average net salary in Romania increased by 4.8% (+RON257) in nominal terms in December 2024 compared to November 2024, to 5,645 (EUR1,134), data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (Feb. 13, 2025).
Romania's industrial production decreased by 13.9% in December 2024, in unadjusted data, compared to November 2024, and by 1.2% when adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (Feb. 13).
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased by 7.8% both in unadjusted data and when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in December 2024 compared to December 2023, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Thursday (Feb. 6).
Romania's industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) edged 0.9% lower in December 2024 compared to November 2024, and 0.7% lower compared to December 2023, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (Feb. 4, 2024).
Romanian authorities issued 2,511 residential building permits in December 2024, 8% fewer than in November 2024 and 1.5% fewer than in December 2023, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Friday (Jan. 31, 2025).
Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.2% in December 2024, lower by 0.1 percentage point than 5.3% recorded in November 2024, data from the country’s statistical office INS show on Thursday (January 30, 2025).
Private lending in Romania went up 8.9% to RON421.4 billion in December 2024 compared with December 2023 after the local currency lending rose by 11.5% and foreign currency lending advanced by 3.3%, central bank data showed on Monday (Jan. 27, 2025).