Reporter
Claudia Medrega
- Fields
- Banks-Insurance, Macroeconomics, Analysis
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 124
Romania Will Need Plan B If Greece Exits Euro Zone
Finance ministries and central banks also work with scenarios that consider the exit of Greece from the euro zone and Romania should have a plan B for a prospective bankruptcy of Greece, in...
A Budget Deficit Close To Zero May Be Romania’s Best Defense Against International Turmoil
The persistence of the crisis for several years is not an impossible scenario and it could force the Romanian government to discuss the budget deficit level again and even try to bring it do...
Mission-Impossible For 2012: Deficit Control In The Absence Of EU Funds
There are about three weeks left until government needs to send next year’s budget to the Parliament, but the Finance Ministry still does not know what macroeconomic indicators to use in 201...
Austrian Banks Add EUR0.5B To Romanian Market, French Banks Withdraw EUR4.8B
Austrian banks increased their exposure to Romania in the first quarter of this year, while French and Greek banks reduced their financing lines, according to data from the Bank of Internati...
Maximum Discretion About Bankers’ Proposals For Draft Restricting Lending To Individuals
Tuesday is the deadline by which the Romanian National Bank accepts comments and proposals on the draft regulation set to drastically restrict lending in foreign currency to individuals, but...
Analysts Adjust 2012 GDP Forecasts Towards 2%-3%
The National Forecast Commission (CNP) will most likely present the new forecasts for macroeconomic indicators next week, with data sent yesterday by the European Commission on Eurozone coun...
Exports To Non-EU Countries Speed Up, But Cannot Make Up For Low Demand In Eurozone
Exports to countries outside the European Union have started to gain ground in the last few months, recording higher year-on-year growth rates than those recorded by trade with EU countries,...
Inflation Decline Leaves Room For Central Bank To Give Leu Lending A Boost
Prices were down for the third month in a row in August, as a result of the good farming year, but also of the decline in demand.
Exports Slow Down In July, 2012 Prospects Worsen
Exports continued to slow down in July and, although Romania is for now keeping its economic growth forecast of 1.5%, signals have appeared that problems will worsen next year, given the int...
BNR’s New Regulations Will Affect Lending Rebound
The Romanian central bank (BNR) is looking for the first time to encourage lending in lei instead of foreign currency for mortgage loans, but interest rates are double as high.
The Good Farming Year Will Help Economy In 2H. Industry's Contribution Will Diminish
Industry and agriculture were the drivers of GDP growth in the second quarter of the year, a trend anticipated by analysts, who believe the very good farming production will contribute to ac...
Good News From Consumption And Salaries In July
The third quarter had a good start, as July brought good news from retail, which went back into positive territory after two years and a half of almost uninterrupted declines, on salary hike...