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.
Romania's industrial production index contracted by 4.2% y/y in Q1 and neared the lowest level in the past three years, according to the statistics office INS. The seasonal and workday-adjusted index (-0.4% q/q) has followed a visible downward trend after the post-Covid recovery in 2021 and 2022. The seasonal and workday-adjusted index in Q1 was […]
The net foreign direct investments to Romania contracted by 29% y/y to EUR 4.87 billion in 12 months to March 2025, after a 33% y/y contraction (to EUR 1.67 billion) in Q1, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR). The net foreign direct investments accounted for only 1.4% of the GDP […]
Romania’s current account (CA) deficit rose by 50% to EUR 33.0 billion in 12 months to March 2025, after a sharp 82% y/y surge (to EUR 7.7 billion) in Q1, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR). The CA gap reached 9.3% of GDP (based on the latest available 4-quarter GDP […]
Romania's general government budget deficit hit 2.94% of GDP in January-April (RON 56.2 billion, or EUR 11 billion), up from 2.3% of GDP in Q1, according to Ziarul Financiar and
Microsoft, Google, and Continental are the most desired employers in Romania, according to a study conducted by Catalyst Solutions based on over 12,000 responses from participating candidates. In 2025, new entries into the top 100 include Altex Romania, BMW Techworks, and Electrica. The ‘Most Desired Employers’ study was conducted between November 2024 and April 2025 […]
Romanians living abroad are the first to cast their ballots in the second round of the 2025 presidential election, with voting officially starting on Thursday, May 15, at 22:00 Romanian time, when the polling station in Auckland, New Zealand, opens its doors, the electoral authority
