Macroeconomics
Statistical Office: Romania's Annual Inflation Rate Steady At 9.8% In November 2025
Romania's annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 9.8% in November 2025 compared to October 2025 and slightly lower than the 9.9% peak reached in August and September 2025, data from the...
Statistical Office: Romania’s Trade Deficit Up 1% YoY To EUR27.4B In January-October 2025
Romania's trade balance posted a deficit of EUR27.4 billion in January-October 2025, higher by 1% (+EUR275.7 million) than the level recorded in the same interval of 2024, data from the coun...
Statistical Office: Romania Retail Sales Up 1% YoY In January-October 2025
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased by 1% in unadjusted data and by 1.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working da...
Statistical Office Confirms Romania’s 1.6% GDP Growth In Q3/2025 vs Q3/2024
Romania's economy grew by 1.6% in unadjusted data and by 1.4% in seasonally adjusted data in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025 compared to the third quarter of 2024, provisional (1) estimates f...
Statistical Office: Romania's Hourly Labor Costs Up 6.06% In Q3/2025 Vs Q3/2024
Romania's hourly labor costs adjusted to the number of working days increased by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024, data from the country's statistical o...
Statistical Office: Romania's Industrial Production Prices Up 8% YoY In October 2025
Industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) grew by 8% in October 2025 compared to October 2024 and by 1% compared to September 2025, data from the c...
Romania's 5.9% Unemployment Rate In October 2025 Below EU Average Of 6%
The unemployment rate in Romania stood at 5.9% in October 2025, based on the seasonally adjusted Eurostat data for October, placing the country below the EU average, which stood at 6.0% for...
Romania Unemployment Rate Edges Down To 5.9% in October 2025
Romania unemployment rate dropped to 5.9% in October, 0.2% below the September level, with the total number of unemployed people being estimated at 487,300, 10,000 fewer than in September, b...
Statistical Office: Romania Residential Building Permits Up 4.1% YoY In January-October 2025
Romanian authorities issued 31,678 residential building permits in January-October 2025, 4.1% more than in the same period of 2024, per data from the country’s statistical office INS.