National Institute of Statistics

Romania imported dairy products and eggs worth 84.8 million euros in the first two months of 2018, up by 4.1pct over the same period of last year, while exports increased by 25.2pct, to 21.4 million euros, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The Romanian economy advanced 4 percent in the first quarter of 2018 in unadjusted terms and 4.2 percent when seasonally adjusted, as against the same period of 2017, according to first estimates released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Thursday at the meeting with the Social-Democrat pensioners, that she will not resign as long as she has the support of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, major at rule, ed.n.) leader Liviu Dragnea and that of the governing coalition (PSD-ALDE, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, minor at rule, ed.n.).

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March 2018 was 4.5 percent, slightly down 0.1 percentage points from the previous month (4.6 percent), according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The National Institute of Statistics (INS) has assured that "it has not been subjected to any interference or pressure of any kind on from any national authority," arguing that a government decision approved on Thursday under which the institute "is organised and operates as a specialist body of the central public administration under the authority of the government and the co-ordination of the

The trade balance deficit went up 31.6 percent in the first two months of 2018 as against the similar period of 2017, to over 1.657 billion euro, reads a National Institute of Statistics (INS) release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

The national unemployment rate of the previous year's last quarter was 4.7 percent, equal to the one recorded in the previous quarter, and the highest level of unemployment, of 21.2 pct was reached among young people (15-24 years old), according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The turnover of retail trade (except for the trade in vehicles and motorcycles) dropped in January 2018 compared to the previous month, both as gross series, by 25.3 percent, and as series adjusted by the number of working days and seasonality by 0.9 percent, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS), released on Monday.

European Union annual inflation was 1.6 percent in January 2018, down from 1.7 percent in December 2017; the highest annual rates were recorded in Lithuania and Estonia (both 3.6 percent) and Romania (3.4 percent), according to data released on Friday by Eurostat, EU's official statistics bureau.

With an advance of 7 percent in Q 4 2017 compared to the similar period of 2016, Romania saw the fastest annual GDP growth in the EU for the interval October - December 2017, shows an Eurostat flash estimate released this Wednesday.