Romania
IMF: Romania Article IV consultation
The IMF on 25 June released the staff report and public information notice regarding the conclusion of its Article IV consultation with Romania. The Fund projected 7% (baseline) growth of real GDP in 2007, down from 7.7% (preliminary estimate) in 2006.
Romania not rushing on euro entry - report
Romania will resist European Central Bank advice to bring forward its target date for adopting the euro, opting instead for a more cautious path towards the single currency, the Financial Times reported Friday 2 March, citing central bank governor Mugur…
Paper on central bank interventions
The December 2006 Working Paper "Central bank interventions, communication and interest rate policy in emerging European economies" analyses the effectiveness of foreign exchange interventions in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia…
National Bank of Romania - Annual Report 2005
According to the National Bank of Romania's Annual Report 2005, the year 2005 stands out by the numerous challenges the National Bank had to deal with in formulating and implementing its monetary policy.
Romanian central bank confident of inflation drop
The Romanian central bank said Wednesday 16 August it is confident of a drop in inflation, while promising to maintain its cautious approach to monetary policy, guarding against the possibility of inflation rising again.
ECB paper on financial stability challenges
The ECB Occasional Paper 'Macroeconomic and financial stability challenges for acceding and candidate countries' reviews macroeconomic and financial stability challenges for acceding (Bulgaria and Romania) and candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey).
Comment: Uganda eyes inflation target
The Bank of Uganda will implement an inflation-targetting framework in the near future, the governor of the central bank, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, told CentralBankNews.com. Only a lack of adequate and timely data is holding it back.
National Bank of Romania - Annual Report 2004
According to the National Bank of Romania's Annual Report 2004, Romania saw positive developments in key macroeconomic indicators.
Comment: Inflation targetting
A number of emerging market economies have encountered problems in the early stages of inflation targetting. The latest to hit some bumps in the road in is the National Bank of Romania.
Romania to keep 2006 inflation target
The National Bank of Romania this week published its third inflation report since adopting inflation targetting in August last year. Despite forecasts suggesting that inflation will overshoot the upper limit of this year's target, the central bank has…
Romania's central bank reports inflation falling
Romania's central bank governor said on Monday 15 August that the economy was growing strongly and he expected inflation to fall in the third quarter of this year.
Last through the door?
Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania may be the last countries to join the EU, and they are taking very different paths to the euro. Nick Carver reports.
Romania's Isarescu says inflation to reach 7.5%
The governor of Romania's central bank Mugur Isarescu said on TV that inflation might reach 7.5 per cent this year, instead of the 6per cent that was expected initially, but he assured his audience that inflation will continue to fall.
Bulgarian & Romanian governors attend ECB meeting
The European Central Bank has said that the governors of the Bulgarian National Bank and National Bank of Romania attended the meeting of the ECB's General Council on Thursday.
Romania's Isarescu on inflation targeting
In a speech on 'Inflation targeting - international experience and Romania's prospects' given on 30 March (published 26 April), Mugur Isarescu of the National Bank of Romania said Romania is in a good position to pursue disinflation by adopting an…
The transition to inflation targeting in Romania
In the near future, Romania will introduce inflation targeting and fully liberalize its capital account. This recently published IMF Working Paper analyses how these two profound changes will affect the ability of monetary policy to pursue its objective…
Interest rate round-up
A number of central banks adjusted their interest rates in the last week, some in line with market expectations and others providing a surprise.
Romanian central bank lowers rates
Romania's central bank has announced that it has lowered its key interest rate by 0.5 percentage points to 18.25%.
ECB President visits the National Bank of Romania
Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, visited the National Bank of Romania on Monday 18 October and met with Governor Mugur Isarescu and the Executive Board of the National Bank of Romania.
Romania appoints new Board of Directors
The National Bank of Romania has a new Board of Directors, Rompres reported on Tuesday 12 October. The BNR management was agreed by parliament in late September following fierce debate.
Romania cb prepares for cap account liberalisation
The National Bank of Romania (BNR) is preparing to fully free the capital account by cutting the interest rates to the national currency leu deposits, the Capital weekly reported in its latest issue.
Romania cuts interest rates 75 points
The Romanian central bank cut key interest rates by 75 basis points Friday to 19.25 percent, the central bank said.
Romanian c bank announces increased reserves steps
The National Bank of Romania will increase its reserves to strengthen Romania's credibility on foreign markets and to create the conditions for a further improvement of the country's credit ratings, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu said, according to the…
Romanian central bank to switch reference to euro
The Board of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) has decided to set the reference exchange rate for the Romanian currency against the euro starting in March this year.