Romanian authorities issued 2,386 construction permits for residential buildings in February 2026, 35% more than in January 2026 and 8.8% fewer than in February 2025, the country’s statistical office INS has announced on Tuesday, March 31.
Romania's private lending growth accelerated slightly went by 6.8% in February 2026 against the same month of 2025, to a total amount of RON449 billion, after RON-denominated loans climbed by 3.7% and foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON rose by 14.2%, central bank data show on Tuesday, March 24.
Romania posted the highest annual inflation rate under the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), among European Union (EU) Member States, at 8.3%, in February 2026, data from the European statistical office Eurostat showed on Mrach 18.
The Macroeconomic Confidence Index of CFA Romania Association edged up in February, by 1.6 points, to 48.4 points, with the evolution exclusively supported by the improving anticipations component.
Romania’s annual inflation rate decreased to 9.31% in February 2026 compared to February 2025 after having ended at 9.62% in January 2026, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Friday, March 13.
The number of insolvency cases rose by almost 60% in Romania in February compared with January, from 500 cases opened to over 800 cases, with most new insolvencies occurring in Bucharest, data from the RisCo platform show.
Romania's foreign exchange reserves decreased to EUR65.02 billion on February 28, 2026, compared to EUR65.81 billion reported at the end of January 2026, Romania’s central bank announced on Monday (March 2, 2026).
New passenger car registrations in Romania dropped by 24.3% in February 2026 against the same month of 2025, to 8,965 units, in line with data provided by Romanian carmakers’ association ACAROM.
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 industrial production decreased by 5.2% in February 2025, in unadjusted data, compared to February 2024, and by 3.2% when adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (April 15).
The average net salary in Romania stood at RON5,351 (EUR1,074) in February 2025, higher by 9.7% in nominal terms compared to February 2024 and by 4.5% relative to the evolution of consumer prices, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (April 11, 2025).
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased by 1.1% in unadjusted data and by 3.3% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in February 2025 compared to February 2024, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Monday (April 7).
Industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) grew by 4% in February 2025 compared to February 2024 and by 3.6% compared to January 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (April 2, 2025).
Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.6% in February 2025, higher by 0.1 percentage points than the 5.5% rate recorded in January 2024, data from the country’s statistical office INS show on Tuesday (April 1, 2025).
Romanian authorities issued 2,617 residential building permits in February 2025, 36.4% more than in January 2025 and 2.4% more than in February 2024, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Friday (Jan. 31, 2025).
Swiss Capital, TradeVille and BT Capital Partners were the most active brokers at the Bucharest Stock Exchange in February 2025, handing deals worth RON926 million, namely, 50.7% of the total, according to calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily based on stock market data.
Romania posted the second-highest annual inflation rate, of 5.2%, among European Union (EU) Member States, in February 2025, with Hungary ranking first, with a 5.7% rate, and Estonia placing third with 5.1%, data from Eurostat, the bloc's statistical office, showed on Wednesday (March 19).
Romania's annual inflation rate stood at 5.02% in February 2025, slightly higher than the 5% rate recorded in January 2025, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (March 13).
February brought an even stronger increase of prices on the Bucharest market of old three-room apartments than January. After the 8.6% advance of December against the same month of 2023, in January the market accelerated by 9.5% the prices asked by sellers and in February the pace went beyond 11%.
Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR62.5 billion at the end of February 2025, higher by EUR1.75 billion than the EUR60.8 billion level reported on January 31, 2025, Romania’s central bank announced on Monday (March 3, 2025).