At end-March 2022, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 567,285.5 million, down 0.6 percent (or 2.4 percent in real terms )month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose by 13.6 percent (3.2 percent in real terms), the Na?ional Bank of Romania (BNR) informs. At end-Maech 2022, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 1.6 percent (down 0.3 percent in real terms) from February 2022 to RON 336,132.6 million. RON-denominated loans, representing 72.7 percent of total volume of loans to non-government sector, moved up 1.9 percent, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans, representing 27.3 percent of total loans to non-government sector, grew 0.8 percent when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 15.7 percent (5.0 percent in real terms), on the back of the 20.0 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (8.9 percent in real terms) and the 5.6 percent rise in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (up 5.1 percent when expressed in EUR). Credit to general government decreased 1.6 percent in March 2022 from the previous month to RON 164,033.9 million. In year-on-year comparison, this indicator increased 6.2 percent (down 3.5 percent in real terms). Deposits of non-government resident customers went down 0.5 percent month on month to RON 478,751.9 million, while the annual growth rate was 11.1 percent (0.9 percent in real terms). RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 62.4 percent of deposits of non-government customers, decreased 2.7 percent to RON 298,571.4 million month on month and rose 6.6 percent (down 3.2 percent in real terms) year on year RON-denominated households deposits went down 4.8 percent to RON 156,831.2 million month on month and advanced 1.0 percent (down 8.3 percent in real terms) year on year. RON-denominated deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) decreased by 0.2 percent (to RON 141,740.2 million) month on month and advanced by 13.6 percent (3.1 percent in real terms) year on year. Foreign currency-denominated deposits of residents, representing 37.6 percent of total volume of deposits of non-government customers, went up 3.3 percent against February 2022 to RON 180,180.5 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, these deposits moved ahead 3.3 percent to EUR 36,425.1 million). In year-on-year comparison, this indicator grew 19.5 percent when expressed in RON and 19.0 percent when expressed in EUR. Foreign currency-denominated deposits of households increased by 2.9 percent from February 2022 to RON 125,047.9 million when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). On an annual basis, this indicator expanded by 14.4 percent when expressed in domestic currency and by 13.9 percent when expressed in EUR. Foreign currency-denominated deposits of other sectors advanced 4.1 percent against February 2022 to RON 55,132.7 million when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). Compared to March 2021, this indicator moved up 32.8 percent when expressed in RON (32.2 percent when expressed in EUR).
Romania has signed a major contract with France for the acquisition of Mistral portable short-range air defense missile systems. The agreement was concluded on Tuesday, November 25, between Romania’s Ministry of National Defense and France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans, through their respective General Directorates for Armaments. The acquisition is valued at EUR […]
The European Parliament called on November 26 for EU-wide rules to strengthen the protection of minors online, recommending a minimum age of sixteen for accessing social networks, video-sharing platforms, and AI chatbots, according to a statement from the institution,
The government of Romania will be empowered to establish, ex officio or upon request, by Government Decision, an extended surveillance regime over local companies strongly affected by economic sanctions imposed by other states, according to the legislative project prepared by the government, given that the situation of the assets held by the Russian giant Lukoil […]
The European Commission (EC) will reportedly give Romania four more months to appoint permanent management under competitive procedures at 48 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector, after the Romanian government agreed to double the fine paid by the country and the penalties charged to those responsible (ministers) if the milestone set under the Resilience […]
The Romanian banks boasted in 2025 virtually the same record aggregated net profit as in 2024, namely RON 11.6 billion (EUR 2.3 billion, -0.6% y/y) in January-September and RON 6.2 billion (EUR 828 million, -0.3% y/y) in Q3 alone, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania. The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio has […]
The Romanian Parliament approved the National Defense Strategy on Wednesday, November 26, with 314 votes in favor, 43 against, and three abstentions, following a joint session attended by president Nicușor Dan. The document will guide national security policy for the 2025-2030 period. During the parliamentary debate, Ana Maria Gavrilă, leader of the opposition party POT, […]
