October | Romania Feed

Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON1.6 billion from banks on Thursday (October 2), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 7.37% and 7.08%, respectively.

Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) increased by 5.2% in nominal terms in October 2024 compared with September 2024, and by 8.2% versus October 2023, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (Dec. 17).

Romania's industrial production increased by 6.2% in October 2024, in unadjusted data, compared to September 2024, and by 0.4% when adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Friday (Dec. 13).

The average net salary in Romania inched 0.8% higher in nominal terms in October 2024 compared to September 2024, to 5,268 (EUR1,059), data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Thursday (Dec. 12, 2024).

Romania's industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) decreased by 3.3% in October 2024 compared to October 2023, mainly due to a drop in prices in the energy industry, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Tuesday (Dec 3, 2024).

Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.4% in October 2024, lower by 0.2 percentage point compared to September 2024, data from the country’s statistics institute INS show on Wednesday (Oct 2, 2024).

Romanian authorities issued 3,165 residential building permits in October 2024, 9.3% fewer than in September 2024 and 5.4% more than in October 2023, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Friday (Nov 29, 2024).

Household and company loans in October totaled RON601.9 billion, up 9.8% from the same period of last year (4.9% in real terms), after local currency deposits went up by 13.1% and foreign currency ones by 2.6%, in line with central bank data.

Private lending increased by 8.9% in October against the same period of 2023, to a total of RON416 billion, after local currency loans rose by 11.7% and foreign currency ones advanced by 3%, central bank data showed on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.

The top 10 brokers present at the Bucharest Stock Exchange, listed depending on the value of deals handled and market share, intermediated operations worth RON1.68 billion in October 2024, accounting for 90.83% of the total deals brokered throughout the month, in the amount of almost RON1.9 billion, in line with calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily based on stock market data.

Romania's annual inflation edged higher in October 2024, to 4.7%, compared with 4.6% in September 2024, after being on a downward trend since July 2024, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Tuesday (Nov 12).

Romania's foreign exchange reserves shrank by EUR2.93 billion to EUR62.8 billion in October 2024, from EUR65.77 billion at the end of September, Romania’s central bank announced on Friday (November 1, 2024).

New car registrations in Romania increased by 1.4% to 11,552 units in October 2024 compared with October 2023, Romanian carmakers’ association ACAROM data show.

Romania's central bank has a new Board of Directors, for a five-year term, led by Chairman and Governor Mugur Isarescu, starting October 11, 2024.

Romania’s finance ministry is launching new Tezaur Treasury bills on Monday, October 7, the ministry announced on Friday (Oct 4).

Romania's finance ministry has announced that it will carry out a new issue of Fidelis government bonds for retail investors between October 2 and October 11, 2024.

Real estate developer One United Properties (ONE.RO) on Wednesday notified the Bucharest Stock Exchange that Vinci Ver Holding, the special purpose vehicle of Victor Capitanu, one of the two founders, had requested that a new item about a buyback be added to the agenda of the shareholder meeting on October 10.

Germany’s Stada, which is building a drug plant in Turda, Cluj county, will manufacture the first drug box this October in the new unit.

The average net salary in Romania increased by 1.6% in nominal terms in November 2023 compared to October 2023, to 4,765 (EUR958), data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Friday (January 12, 2024).

The volume of construction works in Romania increased, in unadjusted data, by 10.7% in October 2023 compared to October 2022 and was up 7.6% when adjusted to the number of working days and to seasonality, data from the country’s statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (Dec 20).