Energy price were sent to food, while services felt less of a shock, being less intensely energetic, while the National Bank of Romania ( BNR) is trying to counteract these “second round effects”, Cristian Popa, a member in the BNR Administration Board wrote on his Facebook page. “Inflation pressures remain ample, this time behind the inflation evolution there were food products, energy prices were practically sent to food, while services felt the shock less, being less energetically intensive. The transmission rate, the influence of energy price increase in the rising price of food, is very rapid and strong. Maybe only the exchange rate can have a higher transmission rate than energy prices. BNR is trying to counteract these second round effects, generated by energy prices, through a certain stability of the exchange rate. Higher interest rates help us for exchange rate stability. If we are at less than half the inflation rate with interest rates and with monetary policy interest rates lower than in Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic. Second round effects will continue and BNR, knowing that monetary policy cannot stop the energy crisis or military conflict, has increased the interest rate by 0.5%,” Popa wrote. He mentioned that measures were taken by the book. BNR began in sprung last year by stopping the purchase of state bonds, the firm control of cash flow and rising interest rates. “Measures will continue, they have to. Moreover, economic growth is losing down, positive gap is closing, reducing inflation pressures from demand. We have a major problem, which we know is difficult to solve I the middle of a major crisis (pandemic and war at the border): we have two major deficits. These are the fundamental problems. We entered pandemic with the biggest deficits, and we are getting out of it in the same way,” Popa showed. The annual inflation rate went up to 10.15% in March 2022, from 8.53% in February, in conditions in which non-food products were more expensive by 10.86%, foodstuff by 11.20% and services by 6.53%, according to data supplied by the National Statistics Institute on Tuesday.
Romania's gross domestic product (GDP) remained largely unchanged in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published on May 15 by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The economy recorded a growth of 0.2% in gross series and 0.5% in seasonally adjusted series compared to the same quarter of […]
Iulius Mall Suceava has officially inaugurated its EUR 40 million expansion that transformed it into “the largest retail and entertainment hub in northern Romania,” according to the official announcement. Developed by IULIUS and Atterbury Europe, the project adds 16,500 sqm of new retail space, bringing the mall's total area to 60,000 sqm. The expansion introduces […]
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Non-profit BookLand started building last year a pre-university, dual-system campus in the village of Vultureşti, in southern Romania’s Argeş county. The campus will train pupils in various specializations, allowing them to work in industries ranging from hotels & restaurants to retail and food. More on how the project got off the ground and what it […]
Armenian Street Pop-Up: All That Jazz, an event focusing on the city’s Armenian neighborhood, community and living heritage, takes place on the weekend of May 24 – May 25. The first edition, meant as an overture to the Armenian Street Festival, brings to the fore the cultural heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and […]
One year after its launch, Attractive Romania/România Atractivă - part of Romania's first national program dedicated to cultural tourism - announced major milestones, including more than 280,000 active users and over 60,000 downloads of its mobile app. The platform has become the second most popular Romanian tourism app, after Munții Noștri. Initiated by the Ministry […]
