Romania raises additional funding from bond sale

Business Forum

28 March, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Romania's Ministry of Finance successfully raised RON 75 million (€15 million) from commercial banks on Friday, in addition to the RON 500 million (€100 million) secured during Thursday's auction.

The funds were obtained through a benchmark government bond issue with a residual maturity of 121 months, at an average yield of 7.47% per annum.

The nominal value of this supplementary issue was RON 75 million, with banks submitting bids totaling RON 150 million (€30 million).

For March 2025, the Ministry of Finance has outlined plans to borrow RON 7.4 billion (€1.5 billion) from commercial banks. An additional RON 840 million (€169 million) could be raised through supplementary non-competitive bid sessions linked to these bond auctions.

The total planned borrowing for March, reaching RON 8.24 billion (€1.65 billion), surpasses February's scheduled amount by RON 200 million (€40 million).

These funds are earmarked for refinancing public debt and covering the state budget deficit.

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