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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791022603321

Titolo

Romania : : Romania–Seventh and Eighth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013

ISBN

1-4843-3497-3

1-4755-6147-4

1-4755-5588-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Economic development - Romania

Fiscal policy - Romania

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

International Lending and Debt Problems

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Price Level

Deflation

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Fiscal Policy

International economics

Public finance & taxation

Banking

Public ownership

nationalization

Arrears

Public debt

External debt



Prices

Fiscal stance

Fiscal policy

Debts, External

Debts, Public

Banks and banking

Interest rates

Romania

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""OUTLOOK AND RISKS""; ""PROGRAM POLICIES""; ""A. Fiscal Policy: Better Fiscal Institutions and Public Financial Management""; ""B. Structural Reforms: Enhancing growth prospects""; ""C. Financial Sector Priorities: Dealing with NPLs and Contingency Planning""; ""D. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies: Anchoring Expectations""; ""PROGRAM MODALITIES AND OTHER ISSUES""; ""STAFF APPRAISAL""; ""BOXES""; ""1. Major Measures Under the SBA, 2011-13""; ""2. Measures to Reduce Arrears""; ""3. State-Owned Enterprise Arrears""

""FIGURES""""1. Real Sector, 2007-13""; ""2. External Sector 2007-13""; ""3. Labor Sector, 2007-13""; ""4. Monetary Sector, 2007-13""; ""5. Fiscal Operations, 2005-13""; ""6. Financial Sector, 2007-13""; ""7. Financial Development, 2007-13""; ""8. Public Debt Sustainability: Bound Tests""; ""9. External Debt Sustainability: Bound Tests""; ""TABLES""; ""1. Quantitative Program Targets""; ""2. Performance for Seventh and Eighth Reviews""; ""3. Selected Economic and Social Indicators, 2009-14""; ""4. Macroeconomic Framework, Current Policies, 2009-18""

""5. Balance of Payments, 2009-18""""6. Gross Financing Requirements, 2010-14""; ""7. General Government Operations, 2009-14""; ""8. Monetary Survey, 2009-14""; ""9. Financial Soundness Indicators, 2008-13""; ""10. Schedule of Reviews and Purchases""; ""11. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2013-18""; ""12. Public Sector Debt Sustainability Framework, 2008-18""; ""13. External Debt Sustainability Framework, 2008-18""; ""APPENDIX""; ""I. Letter of Intent""; ""ATTACHMENTS""; ""I. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies""; ""II. Technical Memorandum of Understanding""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper discusses Romania’s Seventh and Eighth Reviews Under the Stand-by Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria. Continued strong fiscal consolidation would enable Romania to exit the EU Excessive Deficit Procedure by mid-2013; prudent monetary policy kept core inflation low, and close supervision buttressed banking sector stability. Fiscal and international reserves buffers and a well-capitalized banking sector provide a cushion against shocks. Market sentiment toward Romania improved as political uncertainty subsided in the aftermath of the December 2012 parliamentary elections, which the ruling coalition won. Structural reforms, however, advanced slowly, and the recovery has lagged behind



that in most other European emerging economies.