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            <title><![CDATA[President Dan on future EU budget: We aim to keep funding for agriculture and cohesion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Friends of Cohesion group, which comprises 17 EU member states, has sent a joint letter to Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, in its capacity as head of the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, calling for agriculture and c...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:15:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit reduction to 1.75% - breath of fresh air ahead of talks with Moody's and Fitch(consultant)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The reduction of the budget deficit to 1.75% after the first five months of 2026 represents a breath of fresh air for Romania ahead of July discussions with Moody&#039;s and Fitch Ratings, according to economic consultant Adrian Negrescu.&#34;It is a...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alecsandru Ionescu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:49:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit correction signals first signs of structural recovery in Romania (analyst Adrian Negrescu)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Romania is undergoing its most extensive fiscal consolidation of the past decade, after the budget deficit narrowed to 23.9 billion lei in the first four months of 2026, down from 56 billion lei in the same period last year, economic analyst Adrian N...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alecsandru Ionescu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 11:29:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit falls to 1.17pct of GDP four months into 2026]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit fell in the first four months of this year by 1.75 percentage points compared with the same period last year, reaching 1.17% of the GDP, compared with 2.92% of the GDP in the January-April 2025 period, according to data the Finance...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:43:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gov't coalition meeting on 2026 budget structure]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The leaders of the governing coalition met in a new meeting on Monday for discussions regarding the draft state budget for this year.The meeting at the Victoria Palace is attended by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, chairman of the National Liberal Party...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alecsandru Ionescu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FinMin Nazare: Budget deficit target for 2026 is towards 6%]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit target for 2026 is around 6%, announced Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare in a press conference on Tuesday.&#34;Regarding the deficit target, as we discussed in each individual rectification, it is around 6%, it is also under discu...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PSD's Grindeanu said he requested a calculation on the impact of freezing minimum wage, which PM approved]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Ganea]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:52:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Consolidated budget deficit rose to 5.39% of GDP after first nine months]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The consolidated budget deficit rose to 5.39% of GDP after the first three quarters, from 4.54% in the first eight months, and reached 102.47 billion RON, according to data from the Ministry of Finance, published on Monday, scrie Agerpres.&#34;The ex...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Loredana Codruț]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit cannot be lowered below 8% this year; in 2026 it should be brought to 6%]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan estimates that the budget deficit cannot be lowered below 8% of GDP this year and that in 2026 it should reach around 6%, inform Agerpres.&#34;In the autumn of this year, we are basically evaluating that we will not be abl...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:56:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Romania's budget deficit surges to 8.65% of GDP in 2024]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit rose to 8.65% of GDP last year, from 5.61% of GDP in 2023, according to data published on Wednesday evening by the Ministry of Finance.In the ESA system, a higher budget deficit was recorded in 2009 - 9.5% and in the year of the pa...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:35:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit reaches 7.12 pct of GDP after 11 months into 2024]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit climbed to 7.12% of GDP after the first 11 months of 2024, compared to 6.19% of GDP after 10 months, or 4.58% of GDP in the same period last year, according to data released Tuesday by the Ministry of Finance."The execution of the ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit of 0.45% of GDP in January 2024]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The consolidated budget deficit was 0.45% of GDP in January 2024, compared to 0.25% of GDP in January 2023, according to the data of the Ministry of Finance, published on Tuesday."The implementation of the general consolidated budget for January 2024...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Structural budget deficit, probably over 5.5% of GDP (report)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Structural budget deficit, probably over 5.5% of GDP (report)The structural budget deficit is probably over 5.5% of the GDP at present, and last year the budget deficit (ESA) was around 6.2%, according to the Convergence Analysis Report "Romania - Eu...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/structural-budget-deficit-probably-over-55prc-of-gdp-report_3038833.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mirea Andreea]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:55:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit stands at 2.34pct of GDP mid-year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Budget deficit stands at 2.34pct of GDP mid-yearThe budget deficit recorded a slight increase January through June this year, up to 2.34% of GDP, respectively RON 37.21 billion, from 2.32% of GDP at the end of May, according to the data published by ...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mirea Andreea]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit rises to 27.35 billion lei after the first 4 months, i.e. 1.72% of GDP]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Budget deficit rises to 27.35 billion lei after the first 4 months, i.e. 1.72% of GDP. The consolidated general budget deficit rose to 1.72% of GDP after the first four months of this year, namely 27.35 billion lei, from 1.42% of GDP at the end of Ma...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mirea Andreea]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 18:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FinMin: Romania will observe commitments made to reduce budget deficit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Romania will observe the commitments made to reduce the budget deficit, but a balanced strategy is needed at the level of the European Union, which takes into account the continuation of the measures taken by the Government to accelerate investments,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 14:40:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit is fine, good news from the rating agencies on Saturday (FinMin)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Romania is "in order" with regard to the budget deficit, the minister of Public Finance, Adrian Caciu, declared on Tuesday in the plenary session of the Parliament, adding that in the discussions with the European Commission, it appreciates that the ...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit for 2022 stands at 5.68% of GDP, below authorities' target]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The implementation of the general consolidated budget for 2022 ended with a deficit of 81.01 billion RON, respectively 5.68% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), below the target of 5.74% of GDP established in the rectification of November 2022.Accor...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anca-Adriana Huza]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fiscal Council's Daianu: Romania could end 2022 with budget deficit of under 6%]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Romania could end 2022 with a budget deficit of less than 6%, depending on the budget revision in November, Daniel Daianu, the president of the Fiscal Council, said in a video message at the third edition of the Banking Forum event, organized by Fina...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:29:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit up to 2.4 pct of GDP, after first eight months]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The general consolidated budget deficit increased to 2.4% of the Gross Domestic Product after the first eight months of this year, from 1.94% of the GDP in the first seven months, according to the data published on Monday by the Ministry of Finance.C...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The general consolidated budget deficit increased to 1.94% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after the first seven months of this year, from 1.71% of the GDP in the first semester of 2022, according to the data with the Finance Ministry (MF).The bu...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Romania's mid-year consolidated budget deficit increased to 1.71 percent of GDP from 1.57 percent of GDP over January-May 2022, the Finance Ministry informs.The budget deficit decreased by 1.15 percentage points in H1 2022 compared to the same period...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:46:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit climbed to 1.19 pct of gross domestic product after the first quarter of this year, from 0.72 pct of GDP in the first two months, according to data released by the Ministry of Public Finance on Wednesday.The negative balance of the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:24:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[January 2022 general consolidated budget execution ends with 1.69 billion lei deficit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The execution of the general consolidated budget in January 2022 ended with a 1.69 billion lei deficit, down from the 3.69 billion lei deficit registered in January 2021, the Finance Ministry announced on Friday.As GDP percentage, the budget deficit ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:51:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit, 4.03% of GDP after first 10 months of 2021]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Execution of the consolidated general budget in the first 10 months of 2021 ended with a deficit of 47.98 billion lei (4.03% of GDP), dropping from the deficit of 74.04 billion lei (7.01% of GDP), registered during the same period of 2020, the Minist...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 17:27:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit up to 3.35 pct of GDP, after 8 months of 2021]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The general consolidated budget deficit climbed to 3.35 pct of GDP after the first eight months of this year, from 2.89 pct of GDP after seven months, yet the negative balance is decreasing compared to the same period last year.According to the budge...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Florin Pușcaș]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:22:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Budget deficit up to 2.96 pct of GDP after 6 months]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The general consolidated budget deficit is up to 2.96 pct of the Gross Domestic Product after the first six months of this year, from 2.29 pct of the GDP at the end of May, yet over the corresponding period of the previous year the negative balance i...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CFA Romania's 2021 projections: 5.8 pct economic growth, budget deficit at 6.2 pct of GDP]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Financial analysts project a 5.8 percent growth rate for Romania's economy this year and a budget deficit of 6.2 percent of GDP, while the time horizon for Romania's joining the eurozone is 2030, Romania's chartered financial analysts association CFA...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/cfa-romanias-2021-projections-58-pct-economic-growth-budget-deficit-at-62-pct-of-gdp_1913379.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:30:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CFA Romania analysts anticipate budget deficit of 6.4 pct of GDP in 2021]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Financial analysts anticipate this year's budget deficit will be 6.4 percent of GDP and the inflation rate over a 12-month time horizon, respectively June 2022 - June 2021, to be 3.75 percent, Romania's chartered financial analysts association CFA Ro...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/cfa-romania-analysts-anticipate-budget-deficit-of-64-pct-of-gdp-in-2021_1867204.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grigore Onescu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:41:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Five-month budget deficit widens to 2.29 pct of GDP, yet sees YoY improvement]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Five months into 2021, Romania's consolidated budget deficit widened to 2.29 percent of GDP - 26.18 billion lei - from 1.81 percent of GDP at the end of April; this figure is however an improvement from 3.68 percent of GDP recorded in the same period...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grigore Onescu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:13:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Most probably budget deficit weight in GDP will be close to 5 pct in 2021 (Banca Transilvania opinion)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Romania will manage to decrease this year from a budget deficit of 9.2 pct of GDP in 2020 to 5.4 pct of GDP, said Andrei Radulescu, director of macroeconomic analysis at Banca Transilvania (BT), at the 17th edition of the event "Meeting with the econ...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/most-probably-budget-deficit-weight-in-gdp-will-be-close-to-5-pct-in-2021-banca-transilvania-opinion_1850899.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 07:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit rises to 1.81% of GDP, after four months this year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The consolidated general budget deficit has gone up to 1.81% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), after four months in this year, with a significant growth from the first three months, when the budgetary execution ended with a deficit of 1.28% of the...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/budget-deficit-rises-to-181prc-of-gdp-after-four-months-this-year_1812144.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grigore Onescu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 15:33:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ciolacu: We still haven't found out where loans, 10% budget deficit have gone]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The chairman of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, declared on Sunday evening, for the private TV broadcaster Antena 3, that the main mistake of the current governing is the lack of transparency regarding the destination of loans and ...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 05:39:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[  Budget deficit widens to 1.14 pct of GDP by end of February]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two months into 2021, Romania's consolidated budget deficit widened to 1.14 percent of GDP from 0.33 percent of GDP at the end of January, and 0.73 percent of GDP in the same period of the previous year, the Finance Ministry announced.The implementat...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/budget-deficit-widens-to-114-pct-of-gdp-by-end-of-february_1714895.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:49:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PNL's Orban/BNS congress: This year we mustn't exceed 7pct deficit, have extremely moderated spending]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The leader of the PNL (National Liberal Party), Ludovic Orban, on Thursday said, at the Congress of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS), that Romania will have to stay within a budget deficit of 7pct this year, which requires "extremely moderate" spe...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/pnls-orban-bns-congress-this-year-we-mustnt-exceed-7pct-deficit-have-extremely-moderated-spending_1674890.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:37:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FinMin Nazare: Consolidated general budget deficit in January: 0.3 percent of GDP]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The execution of the general consolidated budget in January 2021 ended with a deficit of 0.3% of the GDP, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare told a conference on Tuesday, according to AGERPRES."The budget execution will be published today. It is not a...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CFA Romania's budget deficit projection at 7.4 pct of GDP this year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Financial analysts anticipate this year's budget deficit will be 7.4 percent of GDP and the inflation rate over a 12-month time horizon, specifically by February 2022, to be 2.58 percent, Romania's chartered financial analysts association CFA Romania...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/cfa-romanias-budget-deficit-projection-at-74-pct-of-gdp-this-year_1659230.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:24:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate President Dragu: We must have reduction in budget deficit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Senate President Anca Dragu told National Public Television Broadcaster TVR 1, on Tuesday evening, that the 2021 state budget must focus on the resumption of investments and that the budget deficit must be reduced, so as to send a message of confiden...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:22:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CFA Romania: Coronavirus expected to strongly impact economy until Q4 2021]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Financial analysts are anticipating that the economic impact of the coronavirus will be felt strongly by the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the survey conducted by the CFA Romania Association in December 2020.The anticipated budget deficit for ...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FinMin Citu: Deficit after first 10 months is 74.04 billion RON, namely 7 pct of GDP]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit after the first ten months of this year stands at 74.05 billion RON, meaning 7 pct of the GDP, the Finance Minister, Florin Citu, announced in a press conference on Thursday, according to AGERPRES."The deficit after the first 10 mo...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:18:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fiscal Council estimates probable level of budget deficit of 9.8% for 2020]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fiscal Council (CF) estimates a probable level of the budget deficit for 2020, according to the cash methodology, around 9.8% of GDP, by 0.7 percentage points above the estimate of the Ministry of Public Finance (MFP), according to the opinion of...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 07:46:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit to rise to 9.1 of GDP after amendment]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The budget deficit will rise to 9.1% of the Gross Domestic Product at the budget amendment that will be adopted in the next period, Minister of Finance Florin Citu told a press conference on Wednesday, accoridng to AGEPRES."The Ministry of Public Fin...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 10:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FinMin Citu announces to request inquiry committee from next Parliament into 2017-2019 budget execution]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The finance minister announced on Friday that he will ask the future Parliament for a committee of inquiry for the budget execution in 2017 to 2019, accusing the undermining the national economy, according to AGERPRES."Ciolacu and his gang are guilty...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/finmin-citu-announces-to-request-inquiry-committee-from-next-parliament-into-2017-2019-budget-execution_1520016.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bran Irina Alexandra]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:49:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit up to 4.7 pct of GDP, after first seven months of 2020]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The execution of the general consolidated budget in the first seven months of 2020 has recorded a deficit of 49.68 billion RON (4.7 pct of the GDP), according to data published Wednesday by the Ministry of Public Finance.After the first six months of...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:46:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PM Orban on European Commission's budget deficit estimate: Time will prove who's right]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday night that according to the Government's estimate, this year the budget deficit will be 6.7 pct of GDP and added that the time will prove whether this estimate was a correct one.He thus answered a questi...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/pm-orban-on-european-commissions-budget-deficit-estimate-time-will-prove-whos-right_1461809.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreea Năstase]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 05:41:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Acting FinMin Citu says PSD gov'ts ignored deficit warnings from European Commission]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The warnings regarding the structural deficit and the government deficit coming from the European Commission (EC) for three years were ignored by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) governments, acting Finance Minister Florin Citu told a news conferenc...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/acting-finmin-citu-says-psd-govts-ignored-deficit-warnings-from-european-commission_1431312.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Denisa Miron, Colaborator]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:04:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fiscal Council: Budget deficit could grow up to 4.8 of GDP in 2020]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fiscal Council (CF) estimates a probable level of the budget deficit for 2020 between 4.6 and 4.8 per cent of the GDP, over 6 per cent of the GDP in 2021 and over 7 per cent of the GDP in 2022, according to the opinion of the CF on the Law on the...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/fiscal-council-budget-deficit-could-grow-up-to-48-of-gdp-in-2020_1424121.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Florin Pușcaș]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:03:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finance Ministry planning to borrow 1.9 bln lei from banks this February]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Public Finance Ministry (MFP) is seeking to raise this February 1.9 bln lei from commercial banks; the Ministry plans to raise 400 ml lei through an issue of discount T-bills, and 1.5 bln lei by reopening government bond issues. Another 255 milli...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/finance-ministry-planning-to-borrow-1-9-bln-lei-from-banks-this-february_1323754.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ioana Necula, Redactor]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:47:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Consolidated budget deficit increases up to 24.3 billion lei, 2.88pct of GDP]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Consolidated budget deficit went up to 24.3 billion lei, 2.88 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) respectively, 2.3 times higher compared with the deficit of 10.2 billion lei (1.21 per cent of the GDP) recorded in the first 11 months of last...]]></description>
            <link>https://www.stiripesurse.ro/consolidated-budget-deficit-increases-up-to-24-3-billion-lei-2-88pct-of-gdp_1245168.html</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Florin Pușcaș]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:55:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Budget deficit of 6.3 billion lei, 0.77 pct of GDP in H1]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The execution of the consolidated general budget is closed, on this year's first half, with a 6.3 billion lei (0.77 pct of the Gross Domestic Product) against the 3.9 billion lei (0.51 pct of GDP) recorded in the same period of 2016, the Public Finan...]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristi Șelaru, Redactor]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:27:11 GMT</pubDate>
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