Tag : the National Bank of Romania (BNR)
The National Bank of Romania (BNR) posted a 1.12 billion lei profit in 2014, after reporting 1.258 billion lei losses in 2013, shows the annual...
Central Bank estimates drop in public debt’s GDP share
The National Bank of Romania (BNR) expects the public debt to drop as a share of GDP over the medium term if robust economic growth...
IMF Board analyzes Romania’s financial and economic situation
The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board will analyze today, March 25, the consultations with Romania that took place on the basis of Article IV of...
Romania’s current account deficit, down 40 pct in 2014 from 2013, to 696 million euros
The account deficit in Romania’s balance of payments closed 2014 on 696 million euros, compared with 1,168 million euros in the same year-ago period, amid...
BNR: FDI in Romania amounted to 2.4 billion euros in 2014
Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Romania totaled 2.426 billion euros in 2014, decreasing from 2013, when the total volume drawn was 2.713 billion euros,...
Central bank foreign exchange reserves down after payments to EC, IMF
The foreign currencies reserves of the National Bank of Romania (BNR, the central bank) stood at 30.6 billion euros on January 31, down 1.6 billion...
Stress tests for local banks based on ECB methodology
In 2015 the Romanian banking system will go through an assessment conducted under the supervision of the National Bank of Romania (BNR). Some banks have...
Bancpost – seventh bank that lowers interest for CHF loans
Starting on Thursday, January 29, Bancpost will lower its interest rate for CHF-denominated loans by 0.8 percentage points. The bank announces that it will also...
Swiss Franc ever more expensive in Bucharest
Yesterday the National Bank of Romania (BNR) posted an exchange rate of RON 4.5152/CHF and RON 4.5005/EUR. Thus, the RON/CHF exchange rate has surpassed the...