The entry ticket for the Economic and Monetary Union and for adopting the single currency is obtained when an EU member country achieves the five nominal convergence criteria stipulated in the Maastricht Treaty. Since the launching of the euro on 1 January 1999 by 11 European Union member...

The main challenges currently faced by most central banks are generated by the effects of the economic and financial crisis. Thus, at the national, European and international level there is a trend of changing the economic governance structures and improving the regulatory and supervisory...

The new economy, also called e -economy, is the most frequently used term in economic and technical literature, discussions of scientists, businessmen and politicians beside globalization and information technology society. Three planes of under standing of the new economy can be distinguished:...

A Financial Analysis is directed to assess the ability of the economic entity to generate relevant cash surpluses which will ensure its financial stability and development. Financial balance can be defined by the ability of economic entity to ensure uninterrupted payment of debts previously...

The banking sector, the predominant component of the Romanian financial system, had a relatively stable structure in the period 2005-2009 and has experienced significant consolidation, particularly in the years 2005-2006, this being sustained mainly by the restructuring and privatization...

Since the international financial crisis, the external environment was an important source of risks and uncertainties, the banking and financial markets of most of the states were marked by successive waves of turbulence, central banks reverted the task of ensuring financial stability to the...

The budgetary deficit issue is a topic of wide interest since the 80s, when the United States faced with the largest budgetary imbalances after World War II. The approached theme coexist naturally with many pro or against mainstreams of a negative budget balance. The essential purposes taken...