Romania
Economy
The National Bank of Romania (NBR)'s decision to cut its policy rate by 25 basis points (bp), to 5.75%, on January 2, is in line with our end-2012 benchmark policy rate forecast of...
2012-01-10Economy
On the back of elevated investor risk aversion, due to the ongoing eurozone sovereign debt crisis, the Romanian leu weakened substantially through the course of 2011 depreciating 6.7%...
2011-12-14Economy
In light of ongoing uncertainty in global markets regarding the depth of the economic slowdown and lack of a sustainable policy response to the eurozone debt crisis, emerging market...
2011-10-04Economy
We see scope for several Central and Eastern European (CEE) currencies to regain strength and appreciate against the euro in the near term, as investor risk appetite makes a tentative...
2011-08-23Economy
Sovereign risk in emerging Europe has improved marginally since our last Sovereign Risk Rating update in March. The mean Sovereign Risk Rating (SRR) score for the 17 rated countries...
2011-06-17Economy
We are cautiously optimistic about the broad outlook for the banking sector in Emerging Europe, which we believe stands to benefit from a cyclical pickup in economic growth across the...
2011-02-01Economy
Rising inflationary pressures are creating policy dilemmas for Emerging European central banks. Wary of the rising interest rate differentials with developed economies, central banks...
2011-02-01Economy
The rebound in Emerging Europe's sovereign risk rating continues to lose its momentum as a challenging external economic climate and major fiscal shortfalls keep 'ability to pay' scores...
2010-09-30



