“For all investors, stability and predictability are vital and agreements like the one with the IMF are important ways of achieving the kind of stability and predictability the investors are looking for,” Duane C. Butcher, Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy to Bucharest, told Mediafax in an interview.
“We think that something like that [an IMF-like agreement] would be advisable,” he added.
The US official said many American companies voice their concern over economic predictability and transparency levels in Romania.
“American companies by large have a positive experience in Romania, but at the same time, we constantly hear from the American companies about their concerns about predictability, stability and transparency. I think that what would make all investors more confident it would be a very clear commitment to reform and to fighting corruption,” Butcher said.