At end-June 2024, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 684,822.8 million, down 0.7 percent (-1.0 percent în real terms) month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose by 9.7 percent (4.5 percent in real terms). At end-June 2024 loans to non-government sector granted by credit institutions increased 1.8 percent (1.6 percent in real terms) from May 2024 to RON 400,694.9 million. RON-denominated loans, representing 69.1 percent of total volume of loans to non-government sector, grew by 2.3 percent, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans, holding 30.9 percent of total loans to non-government sector, rose by 0.8 percent when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 6.7 percent (1.7 percent in real terms), on the back of the 8.7 percent increase in RON-denominated loans (3.5 percent in real terms) and the 2.7 percent rise in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (2.4 percent when expressed in EUR). At end-June 2024,Credit to general government granted by credit institutions decreased by 1.3 percent from May 2024, to RON 211,569.5 million. In year-on-year comparison, this indicator grew by 17.6 percent (12.0 percent in real terms). Deposits of non-government resident customers went down 1.2 percent month on month to RON 585,381.6 million, while the annual growth rate was 9.8 percent (4.6 percent in real terms). RON-denominated deposits of residents, representing 70.4 percent of deposits of non government customers, declined by 1.6 percent to RON 411,946.6 million month on month. In year-on-year comparison, they advanced 13.8 percent (8.5 percent in real terms). RON-denominated household deposits increased by 1.0 percent to RON 233,394.9 million month on month and by 20.2 percent (14.5 percent in real terms) year on year RON-denominated deposits of other sectors (non-financial corporations and non-monetary financial institutions) decreased by 4.8 percent (to RON 178,551.7 million) month on month and rose by 6.5 percent (1.4 percent in real terms) year on year. Foreign currency-denominated deposits of residents, representing 29.6 percent of the total volume of deposits of non-government customers, declined by 0.2 percent against May 2024 to RON 173,435.0 million when expressed in domestic currency (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). Compared to June 2023, this indicator grew by 1.2 percent when expressed in RON (0.9 percent when expressed in EUR). Foreign currency-denominated deposits of households advanced by 0.02 percent from May 2024 to RON 120,374.5 million when expressed in RON (when expressed in EUR, these deposits increased by 0.01 percent to EUR 24,185.7 million). In year-on-year comparison, the indicator decreased by 0.1 percent when expressed in domestic currency (-0.3 percent when expressed in EUR). Foreign currency-denominated deposits of other sectors went down 0.7 percent against May 2024 to RON 53,060.5 million when expressed in RON (similar evolution when expressed in EUR). Compared to June 2023, the indicator rose by 4.2 percent when expressed in RON (3.9 percent when expressed in EUR).
AnimaWings, the Romanian airline founded in 2020, has introduced new all-inclusive service packages on both international and domestic flights, marking what the company describes as a first in its onboard offering. The packages, named Priority All Inclusive and Priority All Inclusive Plus, combine baggage, meals, drinks, premium seating, and airport priority services into a single […]
Property developer M Core has opened M Park Orăștie, a new retail park developed on a 23,000 sqm plot in an established commercial area of the Romanian city. The project delivers around 5,500 square meters of single-level retail space, designed to accommodate a mix of fashion, homeware, electronics, and everyday essentials retailers. The company said […]
More than 80% of the electricity production capacity of the new nuclear reactors in the works in Romania could power a Black Sea AI Gigafactory project, according to a plan laid out by the government. Romania has already secured financing and partners to develop units 3 and 4 at the Cernavodă nuclear power plant, with […]
The Institute for the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism and the Memory of Romanian Exile (IICCMER) has issued a public appeal to president Nicuşor Dan and prime minister Ilie Bolojan to demonstrate “firmness in decision-making” in order to counter what it describes as an “increasingly insidious phenomenon of pro-totalitarian nostalgia,”
AFI Romania, part of the leading real estate development, management, and investment company operating across Central and Eastern Europe, AFI Group, announced that it secured a EUR 537 million refinancing package for three major projects in its portfolio: AFI Cotroceni, AFI Brașov, and AFI Ploiești. The three projects included in the refinancing are among the […]
State-controlled Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O) allegedly supplied electricity for years to politically connected companies and religious institutions without issuing invoices or collecting payments, according to public data analysed by investigative platform Recorder. The supplies...
