According to the Central Bank (BNR) data, at end-May 2024, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 690,193.4 million, up 0.2 percent (0.3 percent in real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose by 10.5 percent (5.1 percent in real terms). At end-May 2024, loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 0.5 percent (0.6 percent in real terms) from April 2024 to RON 393,510.4 million. RON-denominated loans, representing 68.8 percent of total volume of loans to non-government sector, grew by 0.6 percent, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans, holding 31.2 percent of total loans to non-government sector, rose by 0.2 percent when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 5.7 percent (0.5 percent in real terms), on the back of the 7.6 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (2.4 percent in real terms) and the 1.6 percent rise in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (1.4 percent when expressed in EUR). At end-May 2024, credit to general government granted by credit institutions decreased by 4.9 percent from April 2024, to RON 214,666.6 million. In year-on-year comparison, this indicator grew by 16.4 percent (10.8 percent in real terms). Deposits of non-government resident customers rose by 0.5 percent month on month to RON 592,575.8 million, while the annual growth rate was 11.0 percent (5.6 percent in real terms). RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 70.7 percent of deposits of non government customers, picked up by 0.7 percent to RON 418,806.0 million month on month. In year-on-year comparison, they advanced by 15.2 percent (9.6 percent in real terms). RON-denominated household deposits decreased by 0.1 percent to RON 230,987.3 million month on month and rose by 21.3 percent (15.4 percent in real terms) year on year. RON-denominated deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) advanced 1.7 percent (to RON 187,818.7 million) month on month and rose by 8.5 percent (3.2 percent in real terms) year on year. Foreign currency-denominated deposits of residents, representing 29.3 percent of the total volume of deposits of non-government customers, increased by 0.05 percent against April 2024 to RON 173,769.8 million when expressed in domestic currency (when expressed in EUR, these deposits rose by 0.03 percent to EUR 34,916.7 million). Compared to May 2023, this indicator grew by 2.0 percent when expressed in RON (1.9 percent when expressed in EUR). Foreign currency-denominated deposits of households went down 0.2 percent from April 2024 to RON 120,352.7 million when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). In year-on-year comparison, the indicator decreased by 0.3 percent when expressed in domestic currency (-0.5 percent when expressed in EUR). Foreign currency-denominated deposits of other sectors advanced by 0.7 percent against April 2024 to RON 53,417.2 million when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, these deposits increased by 0.6 percent to EUR 10,733.4 million). Compared to May 2023, the indicator rose by 7.8 percent when expressed in RON (7.7 percent when expressed in EUR).
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
