{"id":12791,"date":"2026-11-04T09:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2026-11-04T09:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:02:36","slug":"romanian-labour-minister-sees-grounds-for-7-3-pension-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12791","title":{"rendered":"Romanian labour minister sees grounds for 7.3% pension hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>However, he said it was understandable for the prime minister and the minister of finance to be mindful of the need to meet the deficit target and comply with Romania\u2019s agreements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there are enough arguments in favour of 7.3%. And here, let&#8217;s take them one by one. We have a big problem with the decrease in consumption, with the collapse of consumption. Indexation, the increase in pensions according to the law, would be a&#8230; how should I put it, it would give consumption a boost. Of course, some will say that part of consumption goes towards imports and that is a problem. Yes, that is true, but the Minister of Labour cannot regulate the market in such a way as to stimulate domestic production,&#8221; minister Manole told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertatea.ro\/stiri\/ultimele-calcule-pentru-cresterea-pensiilor-ministrul-manole-la-interviurile-libertatea-sunt-destule-argumente-in-favoarea-lui-73-la-suta-wqd4cfg\">Libertatea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also argued that most pensioners would not put the additional money into bank deposits. For them, it is money needed to cover current expenses, monthly bills and everyday purchases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I mean by this is that, through VAT and other taxes, in the second and third rounds, a whole amount of money from this spending is returned to the state budget.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However, he said it was understandable for the prime minister and the minister of finance to be mindful of the need to meet the deficit target and comply with Romania\u2019s agreements. &#8220;I think there are enough arguments in favour of 7.3%. And here, let&#8217;s take them one by one. We have a big problem with [&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-12791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791","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=12791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}