In July, the EBRD estimated Romania’s gross domestic product will rise 3.8% in 2012.
For 2011, the EBRD changed the economic growth forecast to 1.5%, from 1.9% previously.
The head of the International Monetary Fund’s delegation to Romania, Jeffrey Franks, told MEDIAFAX late-September the IMF would change Romania’s economic growth forecast to some 2% in 2012. The new forecast is half of the current estimation, as external contagion risks have widened.