POLITICS
-Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca during a meeting with representatives of the “A voice for Education” Alliance, which reunites the associative and business environment, said that the budget for next year could support the new legal provisions regarding education.
-President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday sent a message on the European Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, underscoring that the stigmatization and discrimination of minorities must be “severely sanctioned.”
ECONOMY
-Romania’s industrial producer prices for the total market (domestic and non-domestic) went up by 48.1% in June 2022, y-o-y, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data showed.
-Romania’s finance ministry raised RON1.3 billion on Monday (August 1) from banks via two government paper auctions at annual average yields of 8.20% and 8.22%.
-Romanians more optimist about economic future than other Europeans, according to Economic Sentiment Indicator as per macro commentary by eToro analyst for Romania, Bogdan Maioreanu.
COMPANIES & MARKET
-New passenger car registrations in Romania last month dropped by 21.9% from July 2021, to 12,099, according to the association of car manufacturers in Romania (ACAROM) and Romania’s General Directorate for Driving Licenses and Car Registration (DRPCIV).
-The work market has accelerated in July, with job applications having surpassed the record of the last year and a half, and the number of jobs has increased by 28% against the summer of last year, recruitment platform BestJobs data show.
