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S&P confirms Romania’s investment grade rating

Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has confirmed Romania’s rating to ‘BBB-/A-3. The rating refers to the short-term and long-term debt in local and foreign currency.

Romania’s FDI up 45 pct in first two months y-o-y

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Romania totaled EUR 409 million in the first two months, up 45 percent against last year’s similar period, of which equity (including estimated net profit) amounted to EUR 358 million and intercompany lending to EUR 51 million, reads a press release issued on Friday by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).

62 pct of foreign investors expect revenues to go up

In their effort to provide further input the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) developed its business sentiment index to bring its members assessment of their expectations of results of operations and growth expectations, capital investment outlook for the coming year, attractiveness of Romania compared to other similar geographic locations of their respective group companies, workforce plans and administrative, legislative and fiscal environment when conducting their businesses, reads a press release issued on Wednesday.

Dutch, Austrians and Germans, most important investors in Romania

Number of companies with foreign capital participation stood at 200,000 at the start of 2015

FDI up 23 pct in January to EUR 300 mln

Romania foreign direct investment (FDI) totaled EUR 299 million in January, up by almost 23 percent against the same period last year, when the National Bank of Romania (BNR) announced a level of EUR 244 million, but against the previous month the indicator has slightly decreased, reports BNR quoted by Mediafax.