The financial assets of the public administration sector decreased by 0,4 percentage points in the first quarter of 2021, reaching 24.4% of GDP, according to data centralized by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).The public administration's deposits and cash decreased by 0.6 percentage points in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2020, and accounted for 4.3% of GDP. Stock holdings and other state participations decreased by 0.2 percentage points, reaching 10.3% of GDP, and the position of other accounts receivable (taxes, duties, social contributions, trade receivables, amounts owed by economic agents to public authorities and external receivables) increased by 0.3 percentage points, reaching 7% of GDP.The financial commitments of the public administration recorded an increase of 5.4 percentage points at the end of Q2 2021, in comparison to the same quarter of the prior year, representing 55.6% of the Gross Domestic Product"This increase is largely explained by the evolution of issues of titles depending on nature of debt, launched both to finance the budget deficit, as well as to re-finance the public debt. Thus, on April 7, current year, the Finance Ministry launched a euro-bond issue on the international capital market, with a total value of 3.5 billion euro. In Q2 of 2021, this debt instrument represented 40.6 pct of the GDP, by 4.2 percentage points more than in the same period of the previous year. The balance of committed appropriations increased by 1.3 percentage points in the analyzed period, reaching 6.5% of GDP, and the items in the category of other amounts payable diminished by 0.1 percentage points, down to 7.8% from GDP," mentions the BNR.
Prime Batteries, the only local battery manufacturer and one of the few active in Europe, has established a joint venture with the South Korean company Top Material to produce active material, a key element in the production of batteries. The unit is in South Korea. Top Material is also a shareholder in Prime, with a […]
Franklin Templeton, the administrator of Fondul Proprietatea, has launched 16 Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF) on the iFonduri platform, expanding access to investment solutions for individual investors in Romania, according to Ziarul Financiar. The iFonduri platform, launched on Thursday, December...
Some companies in the BETPlus index are expected to deliver an average dividend yield of 3.6% in 2026, down from the 4.1% projected for a similar selection last year, according to an analysis by the TradeVille Analysis Department, Bursa.ro reported. The estimates are based...
The American company Critical Metals, which concluded an agreement with the Romanian state-owned company Nuclearelectrica for the partnership construction of a processing plant in Feldioara for the rare earths that the former extracts from Greenland, is actually controlled by the Romanian businessman Frank Timiș, who was, among other things, behind the Roșia Montană project, according […]
West Beton, part of West Group, produced and delivered, through its three production sites, more than 200,000 cubic meters of ready-mix concrete in 2025. Over 90% of total deliveries went to residential projects, including HILLS Nord, the third phase of Nusco City, and developments by companies such as Hagag or Pedro Construct. The rest of […]
The government has added four more companies to the list of the first 17 that entered the reform process and the analysis of the Interministerial Committee for Supporting the Implementation of Reform 9 (CNR9), led by deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu. These are CNCAF Minvest, Romaero, CNMPN Remin, and Avioane Craiova, companies from the portfolio […]
