Negative interest rates, as an instrument of monetary policy, are regarded by the central authorities as a stimulant for the growth of real economy through: decrease of lending costs, increase of consumption, decrease of volatility and so on. However this policy has a negative influence within...

In the financial decision-making there could occur wrong perceptions over some essential aspects such as risk or profitability. The illusions associated to the indebtedness decisions have some particularities, caused especially by the insufficient financial knowledge of some debtors. Sometimes,...

This paper aims to highlight the benefits and the importance of investments in economic growth of a country. Global crisis creates impediments in obtaining these investments, which structure was divided into financial investments and real investments. Among the many causes that have helped...

In the paper there are presented the main negative effects of the world crisis revealed by the analysis performed in SMEs, there are references to some approaches at the international level, and there are formulated some solutions to combat the crisis and relaunch the SME sector in Romania.

Romanian Abstract: În fundamentarea deciziilor financiare pot surveni percepţii eronate asupra unor aspecte esenţiale precum riscul sau profitabilitatea. Iluziile asociate deciziilor asupra îndatorării au unele particularităţi, cauzate în special de cunoştinţele financiare precare ale...

Romanian Abstract: Acest studiu analizează bunăstarea financiară și determinanții acesteia, inclusiv alfabetizarea financiară, abordând principalii factori care conduc la nivelul scăzut de incluziune financiară și interdependența dintre dezvoltarea sistemului financiar și educația...

This paperwork is focused on European Central Bank activity related to the financial integration and globalization as the most important contemporary phenomena from the monetary global system governance pint of view. The eternal question mark above the recommended dependency degree of national...

The paper aims to evaluate the degree of business cycle synchronization and similarity of economic structures between Romania and the euro zone from the perspective of European Monetary Union (EMU) integration. Despite the fact that the euro adoption can generate benefits for the Romanian...

The global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has triggered an unprecedented crisis, creating social, political, economic and financial challenges for both Europe and the rest of the world. Faced with all these challenges, governments have implemented ambitious measures to support companies and...

During the last decades, the monetary policy had to face significant changes caused by various processes. This paper explores the challenges induced by the recent global crisis to the central banks policies. We approach some possible solutions to the dramatic consequences of the crisis: the...