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Standard & Poor's reconfirms Romania's sovereign rating and keeps the outlook stable

May 16, 2022

The agency Standard& Poor?s reconfirms, on Friday 15th April this year the sovereign rating for the governmental debt of Romania at BBB-/A-3 for the long and short term debt in local and foreign currency, as well as the outlook stable, shows the press release sent by the Ministry of Finances.   According to the agency, Romania’s rating is supported by the statute of member of the European Union and the robust access to financing on the international capital markets.   Similarly, the risks generated by the conflict in Ukraine are diminished by the perspective of absorption of an important volume of European funds (Romania being one of the main beneficiaries of the structural funds included in the Multiannual Framework of the EU and the Facility for Recovdry and Resilience) as well as the low energy dependence of our country on the natural gas and oil coming from Russia.    ‘The Romanian government takes efficient measures to counteract the effects of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine. We are not the only ones to say that, Standard&Poor’s are also confirming the country rating and the high degree of safety for investors keeing the stable perspective’ said minister Adrian Caciu.   According to the ageny, sustainable economic growth cumulated with the reduction of the fiscal deficit of the government could lead to the consolidation of the productive capacity of Romania’s economy and as a result to a possible action of improving the sovereign rating of our country.

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