According to the European Commission press release, the European economy is forecast to continue expanding for the seventh year in a row in 2019, with real GDP expected to grow in all EU Member States. As global uncertainties continue to weigh, domestic dynamics are set to support the European economy. Growth is expected to gather pace again next year.
Continuă lectura „Spring 2019 Economic Forecast”Key measures to boost jobs and growth
The Capital Markets Union project has been at the heart of this Commission’s ambition to boost growth in Europe, invest in innovation and promote the EU’s global competitiveness. With now 11 out of 13 proposals agreed, the CMU will become a true driver of investment in the Single Market, providing additional sources of financing to EU companies and opportunities for citizens to save for their future according to the press release of the European Commission.
Continuă lectura „Key measures to boost jobs and growth”Economic developments in the euro area
According to the remarks made by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, published within the press release of the European Central Bank, in recent months, incoming euro area data have continued to be weak and the economy has grown below expectations. That is, euro area real GDP increased by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2018 (according to preliminary estimates), which was slightly up from 0.1% in the quarter before, but well below the 0.4% growth observed in the first half of 2018.
Monetary policy
The annual inflation rate remained relatively steady in March 2017, standing at 0.18 percent, against 0.2 percent in the prior month, in line with the NBR (National Bank of Romania) projection. Behind this stood the slowdown in the annual dynamics of fuel prices, which offset the effects of the faster increase in volatile food prices and of the higher adjusted CORE2 inflation rate (calculated by excluding from the consumer price index the following categories: administered prices, volatile prices, and tobacco and alcoholic beverage prices.), whose annual rate crept up to 1.04 percent, from 0.91 percent in February.
Romania continues the positive trend
Romania’s economic path stands for solid proof that our country is currently a reliable partner for profit-oriented worldwide entrepreneurs to take upon.