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).
The Macroeconomic Confidence Index of CFA Romania rose in December, by 6.7 points to 38.1 points, but remains at an extremely low level amid high uncertainty about the direction of Romania economy.
In December 2024, 18.7% more homes were sold in capital city Bucharest than in November 2024, namely, a total 5,136 properties, compared to 4,326 units bought in the penultimate month of 2024, official data from the National Agency For Cadaster and Real Estate Publicity (ANCPI) showed on Tuesday (Jan. 14, 2025).
Romania's annual inflation rate stood at 5.1% in December 2024, remaining unchanged from the level recorded in November 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (Jan. 14).
Türkiye-based Trendyol, which operates an e-commerce fashion marketplace officially launched in Romania too in January 2024, will be opening its first warehouse in Romania, in December 2024.
Romanian-held airline AnimaWings announces the launch of a regular route between Bucharest and Dubai starting December 27, 2024, with a frequency of two flights a week.
Romania’s central bank expects the inflation to go down to 4% in December 2024 and 3.4% in the last month of 2025, a better outlook than in the previous forecast, particularly for the end of 2024, the institution says in the minute of the monetary policy meeting of August 7.
The average net salary in Romania decreased by 4.3% in nominal terms in January 2024 compared to December 2023, to 4,859 (EUR991), data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Thursday (March 14, 2024).
Romania's new industrial orders in manufacturing, for the total (on the domestic and external markets) plunged 14.6%, in nominal terms, in December 2023 compared to November 2023, and inched down 1% compared to December 2022, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Thursday (February 15).
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) decreased by 15.7% in nominal terms in December 2023 compared to November 2023 and by 4% versus December 2022, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Thursday (February 15).
Romania’s industrial production decreased by 6.8% in unadjusted data in December 2023 versus December 2022 and by 2.3% when adjusted for seasonality and the number of working days, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (February 14, 2024).
The average net salary in Romania increased by 6.6% in nominal terms in December 2023 compared to November 2023, to 5,079 (EUR1.036), data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Monday (Feb 12, 2024).