Economy | 19 February, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NSI: Job vacancies up in Q4 2024 compared to the same period in 2023
About 18% of the total number of vacancies was concentrated in manufacturing (6,300 vacancies) and the rate was 0.59%.
About 18% of the total number of vacancies was concentrated in manufacturing (6,300 vacancies) and the rate was 0.59%.
On a gross basis, compared with the same quarter in 2023, GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024 increased by 0.7%.
According to data presented in November 2024 by the governor of the National Bank of Romania (NBR), Mugur Isărescu, the inflation forecast for the end of 2025 is estimated at 3.5%.
Average gross earnings were RON 8,825 in November, RON 213 (+2.5%) higher than in the previous month.
The consumer price index in December 2024 compared to November 2024 was up by 0.29%.
On the seasonally adjusted series, the estimated GDP for the third quarter of 2024 was RON 446.176 billion at current prices.
By gender, the unemployment rate for males exceeded that for females by 0.5 percentage points (the values were 5.5% for males and 5% for females).
In the December 2024 business cycle survey, managers in the manufacturing industry forecast a moderate decrease in the volume of production for the next three months.
Oil major OMV Petrom has completed a €20 million investment at the Petrobrazi refinery to modernise wastewater treatment systems.
The Board of the National Bank of Romania (NBR) decided in its meeting on 17 February 2026 to keep the monetary policy rate at 6.50% per annum.
Romanian agricultural solutions company Norofert has signed a commercial contract worth RON 2.1 million (€420,000) with a seed producer and multiplier in Wisconsin, US.
Symphopay is strengthening its position as a payment orchestration solution for retail in Romania, following implementation across more than 1,750 stores in the Profi network.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is committing €34 million for solar power expansion in Romania.