Romania's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), calculated by Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), dropped to 47.2 points in November 2025, from 47.6 points in October 2025, according to Austria's banking group Erste, owner of lender BCR in Romania.
Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR65.4 billion at the end of November 2025, almost the same as on October 31, EUR65.34 billion, Romania’s central bank announced on Tuesday (December 2, 2025).
Carrefour Romania is further expanding its nationwide network and opening five proximity stores in November, in Bragadiru, Iasi, Buzau, Volovat and Bacau.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON500 million from banks on Thursday (November 20), selling bonds at an annual average yield of 6.90%.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON448 million from banks on Monday (November 17), selling bonds at an annual average yield of 6.91%.
Romania Finance Ministry has today, November 10, launched the eleventh edition of this year’s TEZAUR Treasury bills program, with one, three and five-year maturities and annual interest rates of 6.70%, 7.15% and 7.60%, respectively.
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).
Romania's new industrial orders in manufacturing, for the total (on the domestic and external markets) decreased by 7.4%, in nominal terms, in November 2024 compared with October 2024, but dropped 3.4% compared with June 2023, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (August 14).
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) decreased by 3.8% in nominal terms in November 2024 compared with October 2024, but rose 5.2% versus November 2023, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Thursday (Jan. 23).
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).
Romanian authorities issued 2,729 residential building permits in November 2024, 13.8% fewer than in October 2024 and 1.1% more than in November 2023, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Thursday (Jan 9, 2025).
Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.3% in November 2024, lower by 0.1 percentage point than 5.4% recorded in October 2024, data from the country’s statistics institute INS show on Wednesday (January 8, 2025).
Population and company deposits in November totaled RON614.4 billion, up 10.6% from the same period of 2023 (5.2% in real terms), after local currency deposits went up by 13.7% and foreign currency ones by 3.7%, in line with central bank data.
Private lending rose by 8.8% in November against the same period of 2023, to a total amount of RON418 billion, after local currency loans increased by 11.5% and foreign currency ones by 3%, central bank data showed on Friday, December 27, 2024.
Romania had the highest annual inflation rate, of 5.4%, among European Union Member States, in November 2024, data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), showed on Thursday (Dec.19).
Romania's annual inflation climbed to 5.1% in November 2024, compared with 4.7% in October 2024, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (Dec. 11).
November came with a rebound of the increase in prices of old three-room apartments, after a slowdown in October. After the 4.9% increase in August compared with the same month in 2023, the asking prices rose by 5.6% in September and the increase returned to 4.9% in October, only to almost double to 8.5% in November.
Romania's foreign exchange reserves shrank by EUR1.6 billion to EUR61.17 billion in November 2024, compared with EUR62.84 billion on October 31, 2024, Romania’s central bank announced on Friday (November 1, 2024).
A RON750 million bond issue of UniCredit Bank, part of Italy’s UniCredit Group, was registered with the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Wednesday, November 20. The issue (UCB29) is due in 2029.