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  1. 25/04/2025 Monetary indicators - March 2025 In March 2025, RON loans to non-government sector (70.0% of total) grew by 1.0% month-on-month, whilst foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON (30.0% of total) advanced 0.3%. In year-on-year comparison, loans to non-government sector advanced 9.2%, on the back of the 10.9% increase in RON-denominated loans and the 5.3% rise in foreign currency-denominated loans expressed in RON.
  2. 17/04/2025 Minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the National Bank of Romania Board on 7 April 2025
  3. 11/04/2025 Balance of payments and external debt – February 2025 In January – February 2025, the current account posted a deficit of EUR 4,809 mill. compared with EUR 2,600 mill. in the same year-ago period. Non-residents direct investment totalled EUR 1,031 mill., compared with EUR 1,660 mill. YoY. LT external debt at end-February 2025 ran at EUR 158,505 mill., up 2.3% against end-2024. ST external debt amounted to EUR 49,782 mill., down 0.2% from end-2024.
  4. 07/04/2025 NBR Board decisions on monetary policy The NBR Board decided to keep the monetary policy rate at 6.5% p.a., to leave unchanged the lending (Lombard) facility rate at 7.5% p.a., the deposit facility rate at 5.5% p.a. and to keep the existing levels of minimum reserve requirement ratios on both leu- and foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions.
  5. 04/04/2025 Numismatic issue dedicated to 175 years since the birth of Ioan Andreescu Metal: Ag. Face value: lei 10. Weight: 31.103 g. Issuing date: 7 April 2025
  6. 01/04/2025 International reserves – March 2025 On 31 March 2025, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 61,993 million, compared to EUR 62,593 million on 28 February 2025. The gold stock remained steady at 103.6 tonnes. On 31 March 2025, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 71,580 million, compared to EUR 71,764 million on 28 February 2025.