Romania’s public debt overshot the RON1,000 billion mark in April and increased by RON15 billion to RON1,013 billion. It accounted for 56.6% of GDP compared with 55.8% in March, Finance Ministry data show.
The volume of construction works in Romania fell slightly by 0.5% in unadjusted data and by 2.8% when adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, in April 2025 compared to April 2024, data from Romania’s statistical office INS showed on Thursday (June 19).
The average net salary in Romania stood at RON5,647 (EUR1,121) in April 2025, higher by 8.2% in nominal terms compared to April 2024 and by 3.2% relative to the evolution of consumer prices, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (June 13, 2025).
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) grew by 0.4% in unadjusted data and by 3.1% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in April 2025 versus April 2024, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Friday (June 6).
Romania’s industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 1.8% year-on-year in April 2025, as per data from the country's statistical office INS.
Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.7% in April 2025, lower by 0.3 percentage points than the level recorded in March 2025, data from the country’s statistical office INS show on Tuesday (June 3, 2025).
22,000 new jobs have been posted this May by employers, 11% more than in April, but around 10% fewer than in May 2024, in line with data provided by eJobs, the main online recruitment platform in Romania.
The growth pace of Romania private lending slowed down to 8.7% at the end of April against the year-earlier period, after 9.2% in March, with the total amount reaching RON425 billion, after RON-denominated loans rose by 10.9% and foreign currency ones by 3.7%, in line with central bank data.
Population and company deposits in April 2025 reached a total of RON629.5 billion, up 6.8% from the year-earlier period (1.8% in real terms), after local currency deposits rose by 5.7% and foreign currency ones by 9.4%, in line with central bank (BNR) data.
Economic confidence nosedived in April among managers, by 10.6 percentage points, to 33.3 points, the lowest level since the pandemic onset, in line with CFA Romania Association’s Macroeconomic Confidence Index.
Despite remaining flat in April 2025 against the previous month, prices of old 3-room Bucharest apartments have surged in the past year. In line with the ZF real estate index compiled together with consulting company SVN Romania, the average price reached EUR121,153 in April, up almost 14% from the same month of 2024.
Romania's annual inflation rate remained unchanged in April 2025, at 4.9%, compared to March 2025, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (May 13).
After a start of the year with hesitations and adjustments, the car market in Romania witnessed the worst contraction of the last few months in April 2025, with a decline of nearly 25% in new car registrations.
Romania's foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR62.4 billion at the end of April 2025, higher by EUR421 million than the EUR61.9 billion level reported on March 31, 2025, Romania’s central bank announced on Friday (May 2, 2025).
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON910 million from banks on Monday (April 28), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 7.42% and 7.14%, respectively.
Geld Capital Management and its subsidiary, Repaco Capital, will be inaugurating the Curtea de Arges Retail Park on April 17.
US restaurant chain Popeyes will be opening its first restaurant in Romania's city of Iasi, in the new shopping center Moldova Mall, on April 17.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON984 million from banks on Thursday (April 10), selling government paper, at annual average yield of 7.47%.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON897 million from banks on Monday (April 7), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 7.10% and 7.22%, respectively.
Liberty Galati, the largest integrated steel producer in Romania, is likely to restart its primary production operations on April 22, as announced by Cornel Moisescu, the new Head of Primary at Liberty Galati.