The British newspaper reported earlier today that Romanian migrants sent home nearly GBP500,000 daily in the first quarter of 2010.
In reply, Popa said he was envious of the newspaper’s sources, even if Daily Mail was not renowned for the quality of its economic reports.
Irony aside, Popa said the central bank only publishes centralized data on worker remittances – never segmented figures.
The central bank’s official added that a statistics on worker remittances from countries with larger Romanian communities, such as Spain or Italy, would be more relevant from an economic point of view.
Popa said remittances appear to have stabilized in the first months of 2011, following a steep decline over the last two years.