Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) inched up 0.7% in unadjusted data and grew 1.2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in July 2023 compared to July 2022, data from the country’s statistics institute INS showed on Wednesday (Sept 6).
Romania's industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non–domestic market) decreased by 0.9% in July 2023 compared to July 2022, data from Romania’s National Statistics Institute INS showed on Monday (Sept 4, 2023).
Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.5% in July 2023, lower by 0.1 percentage points than 5.6% in June 2023, data from the country’s statistics institute INS shows on Thursday (August 31).
The number of real estate deals in Romania stood at 12,252 in July 2023, an increase of 16% on June 2023, data from the national cadaster agency ANCPI showed on Thursday (August 24).
Private lending in Romania grew by 5.6% in nominal terms (down 3.5% in real terms) to RON378.2 billion in July 2023 compared with July 2022, central bank data showed on Thursday (August 24).
Romania's annual inflation decreased below the 10% threshold in July 2023, reaching 9.4% compared to July 2022, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Friday (August 11).
Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR53.9 billion in July 2023, higher by EUR519 million versus June 2023, central bank data showed on Tuesday (August 1).
Individuals searching for new jobs registered some 650,000 applications on the Bestjobs recruitment platform in July 2023, which is 30% more than in June 2023 and 20% more than in July 2022.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON798.8 million from banks on Thursday (July 27), selling government paper maturing in October 2028, at an annual average yield of 6.61%.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON654.1 million from banks on Monday (July 24), selling government paper maturing in April 2031, at an annual average yield of 6.44%.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON603 million from banks on Thursday, July 20, selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 6.50% and 6.22%.
Bucharest Stock Exchange will see the first licensed stock brokerage firm launched after a 14-year hiatus on Monday, July 24, once Investimental starts operations.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON843 million from banks on Monday, July 17, selling government paper maturing in September 2032, at an annual average yield of 6.54%.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1.2 billion from banks on Thursday, July 13, selling government paper maturing in 2038, at an annual average yield of 6.64%.
Romania's finance ministry on Tuesday announced that a new issue of Fidelis government bonds for retail investors would launch on July 17. The bonds will then be listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and are not subject to tax. The offering ends on July 28.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON583.5 million from banks on Monday, July 10, selling government paper maturing in October 2033, at an annual average yield of 6.87%. The bond issue has a nominal value of RON500 million.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON566 million from banks on Thursday (July 6), selling government paper maturing in 2030, at an annual average yield of 6.74%.
P3 Logistic Parks (P3), a long-term investor, owner, developer and manager of logistics properties in Europe, announced that Andrzej Wronski, Group Head of Asset Management within the company, will be taking over the role of Managing Director for P3 Romania, starting July 1, 2023.
The volume of Romanian construction works increased, in unadjusted data, by 6.8%, in July 2022 as compared to July 2021, and by 8.2% when adjusted to the number of working days and to seasonality, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed Monday (Sept 19).
Industrial production prices, a key indicator in gauging inflation, in July 2022 rose by 5.2% on the month and by 52.3% compared to July 2021, both on the domestic market and for the foreign one, with the biggest increase coming in the energy area, where prices spiked by 151% year-on-year, in line with national statistics board (INS) data.