Macroeconomics
Finance Ministry: Romania's Budget Deficit Shrinks To RON23.9B Or 1.17% Of GDP In January-April 2026
Romania’s general consolidated budget posted a deficit of RON23.9 billion (nearly EUR4.56 billion) in January-April 2026, or 1.17% of the gross domestic product (GDP), finance ministry data...
Statistics Office: Romania Industrial Sales Down 2.1% in January-March 2026 YOY
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) dropped in the first three months of the year, in nominal terms, by 2.1%, in the wake of declines registered in the mining i...
Statistical Office: Romania’s Construction Output Up 6.8% YoY In Q1/2026
Romania’s construction output rose by 6.8% on the year in the first three months of 2026, the country's statistical office, INS, announced on Thursday (May 21), citing working-day adjusted d...
European Commission Significantly Revises Romania’s Economic Growth Forecast Downwards To 0.1% In 2026
The European Commission published the spring forecast on Thursday and significantly revised Romania’s economic growth forecast downwards to merely 0.1% in 2026 compared with 1.1% estimated i...
Fitch: Romania Government Collapse May Affect Fiscal Consolidation Process
Rating agency Fitch has published an analysis about Romania’s economic situation, explaining that continued uncertainty caused by the political crisis could hurt the economy, investors’ conf...
Central Bank: Romania’s Current Account Deficit Shrinks To EUR5.3B YoY In January-March 2026
Romania's current account deficit decreased to EUR5.3 billion in January-March 2026, EUR815 million below the level recorded in January-March 2025, central bank data showed on Monday (May 18...
Erste’s BCR Revises Romania’s Economic Growth Forecast To -0.3% From +0.3% In 2026
Romania’s economy contracted by 1.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, a much weaker performance than expected, while inflation sped up to 10.71% per year in April, the highest in t...
Statistics Office: Industrial Output Up in March, but Down from Last Year
Romania industrial production rose in March 2026 by 11.6% against the previous month in unadjusted data, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday, May 13.
Statistics Office: Romania Average Net Salary Up 6.9% in March 2026 MoM
The average net salary in Romania rose by 6.9% in March 2026 against February, to RON5,938, but against the year-earlier period the advance stood at just 4.3%, below the inflation rate, data...