December Financial Stability Report

Financial stability has remained robust since the release of the previous Report (June 2018), and the main vulnerabilities have continued to be those stemming from external sources. The National Bank of Romania has further pursued a counter-cyclical policy conduct within its scope of activity, yet a balanced economic policy mix is called for in order to adequately manage the vulnerabilities with systemic potential and achieve sustainable economic growth according to the latest Financial Stability Report for December published by the National Bank of Romania on 10th of December 2018.

Continuă lectura „December Financial Stability Report”

Labour market developments

According to the Inflation Report published by the NBR, during the period from October 2016 to January 2017, the number of employees in the economy kept rising at the relatively robust pace it had posted since the beginning of 2016 (+3.5 percent in annual terms). The advance was further ascribable to hiring in market services in particular, with trade, administrative and support service activities, and transport making significant contributions, bolstered by the brisk pace of increase of consumption.

Continuă lectura „Labour market developments”