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).
Private pension fund total assets overshot RON160 billion in February, the equivalent of over 9% in GDP, after the number of participants reached 9.12 million at end-2024, in line with data provided by Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF).
In February 2024, the volume of construction works increased, in unadjusted data, by 53.7% compared to January 2024 and was up 17.5% when adjusted to the number of working days and to seasonality, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Thursday (April 18).
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) increased by 11.7% in nominal terms in February 2024 compared to January 2024 and by 8.2% versus February 2023, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (April 17).
Romania's new industrial orders in manufacturing, for the total (on the domestic and external markets) increased by 6.5%, in nominal terms, in February 2024 compared to January 2024, and by 6.4% compared to February 2023, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (April 17).
The average net salary in Romania increased by 14.2% in February 2024 compared with February 2023 to RON4,876, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Friday, April 12, 2024.
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased by 12.3% in unadjusted data and by 7.1% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in February 2024 compared to February 2023, data from the country’s statistics institute INS showed on Wednesday (March 6).
Premier Restaurants Romania, the operator of the McDonald’s restaurant chain in Romania, exceeded the 6,000-employee threshold in February 2024, following the expansion of the network.
Romania’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.6% in February 2024, lower by 0.1 percentage points compared to 5.7% in January 2024, data from the country’s statistics institute INS show on Wednesday (April 3, 2024).
Romania's industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) decreased by 6.3% in February 2024 compared to February 2023, considering that prices on the domestic market fell by 9% and prices on the non-domestic market rose by 1.4%, data from Romania’s National Statistics Institute INS showed on Tuesday (April 2, 2024).
Romanian authorities issued 2,556 residential building permits in February 2024, 39.7% more than in January 2023, but 0.6% fewer than in February 2023, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Friday (March 29, 2024).
Private lending in Romania went up 4.9% to RON383 billion in February 2024 compared with February 2023, central bank data showed on Tuesday (March 26, 2024).
New car registrations in Romania posted an 8.9% decline in February against the same month of 2023, to 11,339 units, of which 1,109 were full electric ones, up 6.6% year-on-year, and 3,736 hybrid ones, up 15% year-on-year, in line with data provided by ACAROM and ACEA.
Romania's annual inflation grew at a slower pace in February 2024, by 7.2% compared to February 2023, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (March 13).
Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR63.12 billion at end-February 2024, compared to EUR61.41 billion on January 31, 2024, central bank data showed on Friday (March 1, 2024).
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON441.3 million from banks on Thursday (February 29, 2024), selling benchmark bonds with a scheduled value of RON500 million due in February 2029, at an annual average yield of 6.34%.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON580 million from banks on Monday (February 26, 2024) selling bonds with a nominal value of RON400 million due in 2034, at an annual average yield of 6.53%.