current account deficit

In January - August 2019, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 7,080 million, compared with EUR 6,104 million in the same year-ago period, says the central banks' report on the Balance of payments and external…

In January - May 2019, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 3,401 million, compared with EUR 2,564 million in January - May 2018. The deficit on trade in goods widened by EUR 1,476 million, the surplus on services…

"We see an increase in external imbalance on the background of domestic absorption beyond the economy’s potential. The over demand for consumer goods has continued to erode the current account. We see robust economic growth in mitigation…

The Japanese rating agency JCRA has confirmed the country rating for Romania (BBB/BBB+) for long-term debt in foreign currency and in domestic currency, with stable outlook, the Finance Ministry informs in a release posted on its website.…

The main systemic risk is related to the tensioning of macroeconomic balances in Romania, with the solution being the gradual decrease of the budget deficit in order to meet the Medium Term Objective (MTO) and the speeding of structural…

In early 2018, the number of companies in distress reached 51% of the overall number of companies with impact, reversing for the first time the balance between healthy companies and companies in distress, a survey released on Thursday by…

One day after the release, by the European Commission, of the economic growth forecast for Romania, revising it downwards to 3.3% of GDP, down from the forecast in January (3.8%), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)…

The National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis (CNSP) has revised upwards the inflation forecast for this year to 3.2% and the estimates on the average exchange rate have also been revised upwards to RON 4.74 per EUR, according to the…

In January - February 2019, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 568 million, compared with EUR 425 million in January - February 2018. The deficit on trade in goods widened by EUR 671 million, the surplus on…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards the estimates regarding Romania’s economic growth to 3.1%, and expects higher inflation rate and current account deficit, according to the latest ‘World Economic Outlook’ report…