In an in-house poll released Friday, the Association said the bank’s main lending rate could reach 3% by the end of 2015.
The central bank will hold a monetary policy meeting on August 4. The bank is also expected to release its latest quarterly inflation report after the meeting.
At the most recent meeting last month, the bank left its key rate unchanged at a record low of 3.5%, but lowered the reserve requirements for foreign currency deposits to 16% from 18% previously.
The minimum reserve requirements for Romanian leu-denominated liabilities were kept at 12%.
The surveyed analysts estimate the reserve requirements for leu-denominated deposits will be cut to 10% by year-end and further to 8% by the end of 2015. The minimum requirements on forex deposits are likely to remain at 16% through most of 2015.