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Guest post: Romania’s economic “Golden Age” - public perception versus the reality in numbers

November 30, 2024

Csaba Balint, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), looks at how Romania’s economy has evolved over the last 160 years. This analysis shows that public perception does not always reflect the reality described by numbers and statistics.

In recent years, the collective perception of economic conditions and the future seems to be marked by increasing pessimism. Looking around us, we might think we are living in troubled times. Indeed, we have lived...

The text of this article has been partially taken from the publication:
https://www.romania-insider.com/guest-post-romania-economic-golden-age
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