1. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) – indicator for determining inflation at national level - Consumer prices were up 1.3% in November 2022 from October 2022. - The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (November 2022 compared to December 2021) is 15.9%. -The annual inflation rate in November 2022 compared to November 2021 is 16.8%. - The average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (December 2021-November 2022) as compared to the previous 12 months (December 2020-November 2021) is 13.1%. 2. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) – indicator for determining inflation across the EU - The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices in November 2022 compared to October 2022 is 101.24%. -The HICP-based annual inflation rate in November 2022 compared to November 2021 is 14.6%. - The HICP-based average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (December 2021-November 2022) as compared to the previous 12 months (December 2020-November 2021) is 11.4%. The annual inflation rate rose to 16.8% in November 2022, from 15.32% in October, due to the increase in the price of food products by 21.55%, non-food products by 16.17% and services by 9.51%, according to the data of the National Institute of Statistics, published on Tuesday.In November, consumer prices increased by 1.3% compared to the previous month, given that food products were more expensive by 1.54%, non-food products by 1.03% and services by 1.31%.The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (November 2022 compared to December 2021) is 15.9%, and the average rate of change in consumer prices in the last 12 months (December 2021 - November 2022) compared to the previous 12 months (December 2020 - November 2021) ) is 13.1%.The National Bank of Romania (BNR) increased the inflation forecast for the end of this year to 16.3% and estimates an inflation of 11.2% for the end of next year, according to the data presented in November by the BNR governor, Mugur Isarescu.
Premier Energy PLC, one of the fastest-growing energy companies in Romania and the SEE region, will carry out an initial public offering (IPO) on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) between May 8 and May 15, 2024. Romania's Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) approved the IPO prospectus on Tuesday, May 7. The company is looking to sell […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending more than EUR 46 million as part of a EUR 93 million financing package to build and operate Urleasca Wind Farm, a 102 MW onshore wind farm in Romania, the institution announced. Urleasca Wind Farm is expected to generate 277 GWh a year of renewable energy […]
Bucharest and Ilfov County together form the region in Romania with the highest motorization rate, with an average of 640 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, a level close to most regions in France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, according to Eurostat data for 2022 cited by Ziarul Financiar. In the central, western, and northwestern regions of the […]
Nicolae Ciucă, the president of the National Liberal Party and head of the Romanian Senate, is increasingly looking like the party’s pick for the presidency. Ciucă, a former general in the Romanian army and an ally of current president Klaus Iohannis, also from PNL, is featured on dozens of billboards across the country. In parallel, a social media […]
The 28th edition of the European Film Festival opens in Bucharest on Europe’s Day, May 9. The event, which takes place in several cities in the country, will end this year’s run in Chișinău on June 8, the weekend of the EU Parliament elections. The program covers 40 feature films, 34 of them national premieres, […]
The multinational military exercise "Swift Response 24,” which will feature the largest airborne operations in Europe since World War II, has recently begun. The exercise will take place until May 24 in Romania, including in the Cincu range in Brașov County, according to Radio Brașov, as reported by Rador. According to the Ministry of National […]
