The central bank’s Board also decided to leave the (Lombard) lending facility rate at 7.5% per year and the deposit facility rate unchanged at 5.5%, respectively, in its second monetary policy meeting of 2026, the central bank said in its statement regarding monetary policy decisions.
In January and in 2025, Romania’s central bank kept the key rate at 6.5%, while inflation came close to 10%, fueled by the transfer of the VAT hike into prices almost completely.
The bank also decided to maintain the existing levels of minimum reserve requirement ratios on both leu- and foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)