{"id":12424,"date":"2026-10-13T07:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12424"},"modified":"2026-10-13T07:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:01:02","slug":"romanias-trade-gap-narrows-by-4-5-y-y-to-8-4-of-gdp-in-12-months-to-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12424","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s trade gap narrows by 4.5% y\/y to 8.4% of GDP in 12 months to August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trade flows gained momentum partly due to base effects, with exports increasing by 11.6% y\/y to EUR 7.55 billion and imports by 13.7% to EUR 10.69 billion.<\/p>\n<p>However, over the 12 months to August, the rolling trade deficit narrowed by 4.5% y\/y to EUR 33.17 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The deficit-to-GDP ratio also improved, falling to an estimated 8.4% over the 12 months to August, from 9.4% a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The nominal trade deficit offers no clear indication of a sustained improvement, having widened again in recent months amid high energy prices. By contrast, the deficit-to-GDP ratio has stabilised at around 8.4% since March.<\/p>\n<p>Slight currency depreciation, subdued private consumption and weak economic activity could further improve the ratio. However, progress towards a stronger external balance is likely to remain limited without structural changes in the composition of economic activity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade flows gained momentum partly due to base effects, with exports increasing by 11.6% y\/y to EUR 7.55 billion and imports by 13.7% to EUR 10.69 billion. However, over the 12 months to August, the rolling trade deficit narrowed by 4.5% y\/y to EUR 33.17 billion. The deficit-to-GDP ratio also improved, falling to an estimated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}