Romania’s three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, has increased to 8.11% a year on Wednesday (Oct 12) from 8.03% a year on Tuesday (Oct 11), as per central bank data.
The national statistics institute INS on Wednesday (Oct 12) revised Romania’s economic growth slightly lower to 5.7% both in unadjusted data and in seasonally adjusted data for the first half of 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, in line with provisional (2) estimates.
The average net salary in Romania decreased by 1.1% in nominal terms in August 2022 compared with July 2022, to 3,933 lei (EUR797), data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (October 12).
Romania's annual inflation rate surged to 15.9% in September 2022 as compared to September 2021, data from the country's statistics board INS showed on Wednesday (October 12).
Sameday, the second largest player on Romania’s courier services market, is expanding to Bulgaria, after having entered Hungary’s market in 2020.
Romania’s beer market ended the first half of 2022 with a 4% decline after the first four months had brought a 10% volume decrease, in line with data provided by the Romanian Brewers Association.
Turda-based precast concrete product maker ASA CONS, the builder of the MDF plant of Oarja, near Pitesti, a EUR150 million project of Turkey’s Yildiz Entegre, in the first half of this year generated EUR16 million turnover, up around 35% from the year-earlier period, with this being the best performance in the company’s history.
Freight carrier Sorcani of Sibiu, controlled by entrepreneur Mircea Barbu, ended 2021 with RON55 million turnover, up 41% from 2020, with the company thus ranking among the 20 most dynamic carriers in Romania.
SII Romania, a company specialized in IT services and solutions, has a portfolio of over 180 national and international projects, of which 75% are local and 25% international - in countries such as France, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Germany.
Franklin Templeton International, the manager of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), has announced the addition of a new item on the agenda of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of the Fund on November 15, namely the listing of the shares Fondul Proprietaea holds in Hidroelectrica solely on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its forecast for Romania's 2022 economic growth to 4.8% from 3.5% projected in June 2022 and advised the country's government to reduce the fiscal deficit, the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook report for October 2022 released on Tuesday (Oct 11).
German retailer Kaufland and Ultragreens, a Romanian producer of microgreens and aromatic plants, are inaugurating the first vertical greenhouse in Romania, which entailed an investment of EUR350,000 and whose production will be entirely distributed for sale in the retailer’s stores.
MedLife (M.RO), the leading player on Romania’s private medical services market, complements its portfolio of health solutions provided to corporate clients with a group health insurance, NNCare, developed by life insurer NN Asigurari de Viata.
Real estate consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has appointed Bogdan Marcu as Partner Capital Markets and Dana Radoveneanu as Head of Retail Agency.
The self-storage market reached 25,000 leasable square meters in 2022, which represents a share of 0.2% of the total European area covering this type of storage solutions, according to the European Self Storage Industry special report launched by real estate consulting firm CBRE.
The number of real estate deals in Romania stood at 62,054 in September 2022, 3,668 more than in August 2022, data from the national cadaster agency ANCPI showed on Tuesday (Oct 11).
CEOs are actively looking for ways to get ahead of the triple threat of the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing geopolitical tensions and inflation, according to the EY CEO Outlook Pulse – October 2022.
Romania’s three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, exceeded the 8% threshold on Tuesday (Oct 11), reaching 8.03% a year, as compared to 7.99% a year on Monday (Oct 10), as per central bank data.
Luxury jewelry chain Teilor is expanding further in Poland by opening a new store, in Poznan, thus reaching a 63-unit network in five countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Knauf group, which comprises Knauf Insulation Romania and Knauf Gips, is carrying out an over EUR200 million investment in Romania.