The European Commission further affirms its estimates for Romania's economic growth this year at 4.5 percent and projects a 3.9 percent advance of GDP in 2019.
The inflation rate is seen rising to 4.2 percent this year and then slowing down to 3.4 percent in 2019, while the unemployment rate is forecast to be 4.5 percent in 2018 and 4.4 percent in 2019.
The current account deficit is seen reaching 3.6 percent of GDP in 2018, and 3.9 percent in 2019, while the government debt will hit 35.3 percent of GDP this year and 36.4 percent of GDP in 2019.