{"id":8390,"date":"2026-01-14T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:00:23","slug":"central-bank-official-estimates-romanias-economic-growth-public-deficit-better-than-expected-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8390","title":{"rendered":"Central bank official estimates Romania&#8217;s economic growth, public deficit better than expected in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s economy increased by more than 1% in 2025, and the public deficit remained below the 8.4%-of-GDP target, according to Eugen R\u0103dulescu, adviser to central bank governor, cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.ro\/banci-si-asigurari\/eugen-radulescu-bnr-anul-2025-inchis-bine-asteptarile-crestere-23011673?mc_cid=89c2689dfd&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Ziarul Financiar<\/a>. Most analysts estimate last year&#8217;s economic growth stayed below 1% \u2013 an otherwise rather arbitrary benchmark with little fundamental importance.<\/p>\n<p>The economy performed &#8220;better than expected&#8221; last year, R\u0103dulescu concluded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the same time, the inflation rate did not exceed 10% last year, and I think it did not end the year with more than approximately 9.5\u20139.6%, in any case, below 10%. Considering all the confusion we went through in 2025, I think this is a good sign,&#8221; said Eugen R\u0103dulescu on the ZFLive business show on January 12.<\/p>\n<p>For 2026, Eugen R\u0103dulescu anticipated a better year, with higher economic growth, a decrease in inflation, and interest rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he warns that the growth rate will depend on the economy&#8217;s capacity to conduct reforms, particularly in the public sector and at the level of state-owned enterprises. More specifically, on the government&#8217;s capacity to streamline the activity of the public sector and state-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Vlad Ispas\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s economy increased by more than 1% in 2025, and the public deficit remained below the 8.4%-of-GDP target, according to Eugen R\u0103dulescu, adviser to central bank governor, cited by Ziarul Financiar. Most analysts estimate last year&#8217;s economic growth stayed below 1% \u2013 an otherwise rather arbitrary benchmark with little fundamental importance. The economy performed &#8220;better [&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-8390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390","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=8390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}