The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its forecast for Romania’s economy upwards to 7% under its October 12 World Economic Outlook (WEO), up from 6% envisaged under its spring forecast round. (Details on :https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2021/10/12/world-economic-outlook-october-2021?mc_cid=51539b3358&mc_eid=cd1f92f96c) Nothing surprising, the figure is in line with the Government’s expectations and the latest World Bank forecast (+7.3%). Among the European Union countries, only Ireland (13%), Estonia (8.5%) and Hungary (7.6%) will grow faster than Romania. The country’s economy will further rise by 4.8% in 2022 to later stabilise around a growth rate of 3.5% (2026) under the Fund’s scenario. On the downside, the IMF has revised its forecast for Romania’s current account (CA) and inflation forecast upwards. While the inflationary path is in line with a global pattern, Romania’s structural external deficit is specific to its economy and a growing concern. The IMF expected under its spring forecast that Romania’s CA gap would subside to 4.5% of GDP (from 5.2% in 2020), but it revised its projection to 5.7% of GDP in 2021 and 5.5% of GDP in 2022.
Sebastian Burduja, adviser to prime minister Ilie Bolojan and former minister of energy, warned of the security impact of the sale of major dairy Napolact to a group owned by a businessman close to the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, according to
Romania could face energy poverty or even blackouts if coal-fired power plants are shut down before new gas-fired facilities at Iernut and Mintia are completed, energy minister Bogdan Ivan said in an interview with Digi24 on September...
Premier Energy (BVB: PE) has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% controlling stake in Iberdrola Renovables Magyarország, the Hungarian subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola. The company owns five operational wind farms with a combined installed capacity of 158 MW, commissioned between 2008 and 2010 in northwestern Hungary, one of Central Europe’s strongest wind regions. The […]
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan set up a committee to follow the pre-insolvency procedures at steelmaker Liberty Galati and its pipemaker subsidiary, Liberty Tubular Products Galati, controlled by billionaire Sanjev Gupta, and protect the rights of the tax collection agency ANAF and Exim Banca Romaneasca as the largest creditors,
Grampet Group, active in railway transportation, through its newly established subsidiary Biturom, has opened the largest bitumen melting capacity in Romania, according to Economica.net. The new facility, designed to deliver liquid bitumen for road construction projects in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, was opened on the industrial platform Rafo Onesti. ...
Romania plans to issue Samurai bonds and contract loans from multilateral banks such as EBRD or EIB to finance other green projects, finance minister Alexandru Nazare said at the CES ESG Conference 2025 in Bucharest on September 18. The country has already issued almost RON 10.8 billion (EUR 2 billion) in green bonds, allocated to […]
