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.
Romania's annual inflation rate climbed unexpectedly to 5.5% in May, up from 4.9% in April, driven primarily by increases in food and services prices.
Travel tech company FlixBus is adding new international coach connections from Romania to Greece and bolstering existing routes to Bulgaria.
EDP, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables, has opened its largest solar park in Romania, located in Albina, taking its total solar and wind capacities in the country to 570 MW.
The German tech company cbs purchased the SAP division of Romanian company SkyConsult, marking its entry into the local market.
Romanian tech company Metaminds, which supplies digitalization services for both the private sectors, named Ovidiu Ghiman as its new CEO, replacing Andrei Cruceru.