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Chinese electric car brand BYD is strengthening its position in Romania and has climbed to fifth place nationwide, with 672 EV and PHEV cars registered in July and a market share of 5.72%.

The average asking price for an old three-room apartment in Bucharest in July 2026 reached EUR143,923, up by EUR2,000 and 1.4% respectively from June 2026. Against July 2025, prices went up by EUR15,077, the equivalent of an 11.7% annual advance, the ZF real estate index compiled with SVN Romania shows.

The foreign exchange reserves held by Romania's central bank, excluding gold, stood at EUR63.23 billion at the end of July 2026, lower than EUR63.49 billion reported at the end of June 2026, Romania’s central bank has announced on Monday, August 3.

The Romanian auto market experienced a severe correction in July 2026, when new car registrations fell by 28.2% to 11,633 units compared with the same month last year, according to preliminary data published by the Association of Automotive Manufacturers and Importers (APIA), based on information from the General Directorate for Driving Licenses and Registrations.

The value of medicines sold during the July 2025-June 2026 period to patients went up by 6.5% to RON38 billion (EUR7.4 billion), but the volume declined, by 5.3%, from the year-earlier period, in line with data provided by market research company Cegedim.

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Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON228.5 million from banks on Monday (July 20) by reopening a bond issue due in October 2036, above the planned amount of RON200 million.

Romani's finance ministry raised RON948 million on the domestic market on Thursday, July 16, selling government paper in two auctions, which is below the planned amount of RON1.2 billion.

Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON877 million from banks on Monday (July 13) by reopening a benchmark bond issue due in July 2030.

Communication and brand marketing company Graffiti Plus (GRF+) will begin trading on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Thursday, July 16, marking a first for the local capital market as the first business of its kind listed there.

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) dropped by 7.2% in unadjusted data and by 4% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in August 2025 compared to July 2025, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Monday (October 6, 2025).

The average net salary in Romania stood at RON5,517 (EUR1,088) in July 2025, higher by 5.2% in nominal terms compared to July 2024 and lower by 2.4% relative to the evolution of consumer prices, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (Sept 12, 2025).

Romania’s industrial producer price index (PPI) grew by 2.7% in July 2025 compared to July 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (September 2).

Romania’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.8% in July 2025 compared with June 2025, data from the country’s statistical office INS show on Monday (September 1, 2025).

The annual growth pace of private lending in Romania slowed down to 8.7% in July, with the total amount reaching RON439 billion, after RON-denominated loans rose by 8.6% and foreign currency ones by 8.9%, in line with central bank data.

Romania posted the highest annual inflation rate, of 6.6%, among European Union (EU) Member States, in July 2025, as per data from the European statistical office Eurostat.

Romania’s residential market saw a sharp acceleration in July 2025, recording record apartment sales both in capital city Bucharest and in other major cities, against the backdrop of the government announcing the increase in the standard VAT rate to 21% from 19%, effective August 1, 2025, according to data from real estate consulting company Colliers..

Economic confidence increased by 5 points to 34.9 points in Romania in July, according to CFA Romania Association’s Macroeconomic Confidence Index, because of the confirmation of Romania’s rating and of the setting of the fiscal package.

Ford Otosan plant in Craiova has consolidated its position as a strategic hub for Ford in Europe, with a production of 27,170 vehicles in July 2025, 6.5% higher than in the year-ago period and the best monthly performance in the last nine months. October 2024 remains the best month of the plant ever with nearly 28,000 vehicles assembled.

Romania’s annual inflation rate surged in July to 7.8% year-on-year, after having climbed to 5.7% in June.