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Where Is The Leu Exchange Rate Going?
The leu depreciated on Friday to a historic low, only to fall to a fresh low of 4.437 per euro on Monday and Romanians with installments to pay in euros are looking fearfully at the rates di...
Shattered Confidence Of Romania's Young Generation: Number Of Weddings At Record Low
Romanians have lost their confidence in the economy and about their future in the Eastern European country, statistics show: only 105,000 marriages were registered in 2011, almost half of th...
Romania Walks A Tight Rope Amid Riots
The modicum of stability and good image that Romania boasts in investors’ eyes, which it strove hard to achieve through tough austerity measures and by being the IMF’s diligent student, coul...
Private Pension Fund Yields Lower Than Bank Deposit Rates
Clients of private pension funds would have earned twice as much if they had they placed their money in banks.
IN FOCUS: Bad Year For Bucharest Bourse, Recovery Might Be Distant
The Bucharest bourse returned this year to the level seen in the final quarter of 2009, once again influenced by foreign markets, but brokers expect a comeback in the second half of 2012, as...
FDI Dwindled In 2011, No Encouraging Signs For 2012
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plummeted in 2011, as Romania was not really attractive to non-residents despite the return of its economy to positive territory. Signals for 2012 are not tha...
Modern Retail Systematically Wipes Romanian Traditional Retail Off The Map
The local retail market, which had a little over 88,000 stores at the end of last year, has lost some 6,500 stores over the past four years in traditional retail alone. Although communist-er...
Analysts Believe 2011 To Be Petrom’s Most Profitable Year Ever
Petrom (SNP.RO), the largest Romanian company, could post 780 million lei (EUR179.4 million) profit in the third quarter, analysts estimate.
State Readies To Bid Adieu To Fondul Proprietatea
Once the Romanian state uses up the stake it has left in Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) on compensations, which is expected to happen by yearend, the influence of the Fund’s manager, U.S. group...