The Barometer intends to present on a monthly and quarterly the evolution of the Romanian economy, its state and trends, by the means of the main macroeconomic indicators and aggregates and brief economic analyses: GDP developments, industrial production, foreign trade, inflation, monetary...

The Barometer intends to present on a monthly and quarterly the evolution of the Romanian economy, its state and trends, by the means of the main macroeconomic indicators and aggregates and brief economic analyses: GDP developments, industrial production, foreign trade, inflation, monetary...

The paper aims to analyze the causes or the motivations of the households’ informal economy activities and to estimate the size of the Romanian informal economy. Using data for Romania, it was found that people perceived high taxes as the main cause of the informal activities. The data...

The author discusses here the current context of Romanian economy, as well as the macroeconomic implications of the future integration into EU and EMU, respectively. Romania is characterized by a persisting inflation which raises the question whether Romania is ready or it has to delay the...

The Barometer intends to present on a monthly and quarterly the evolution of the Romanian economy, its state and trends, by the means of the main macroeconomic indicators and aggregates and brief economic analyses: GDP developments, industrial production, foreign trade, inflation, monetary...

This article discusses the place of the FEER concept in the open economy literature. The author summarizes the theory that supports and the notion of FEER, the assumptions and the relevant variables involved as well as the model by which FEER can be determined.

The Barometer of the Romanian Economy" intends to be a mirror of the evolution of the Romanian economy and, at the same time, to be its global indicator of state and trend. "The Barometer of the Romanian Economy" was first published some years ago in Microeconomia aplicatã, on the initiative...

Romania may take into consideration the construction of a Monetary Conditions Index (MCI) as an indicator of the degree of tightening or easing in monetary policy. The authors raise the question whether the current development stage of financial markets and the progress in designing and...

The informal sector consists of productive units characterised by a low level of organisation, by a fuzzy separation between labour and capital and by labour relations based on kinship or social relationship rather than formal contracts. In order to reveal the informal economy determinants in...

The Barometer presents on a monthly and quarterly basis the evolution of the Romanian economy, its state and trends, by the means of the main macroeconomic indicators and aggregates and brief economic analyses: GDP developments, industrial production, foreign trade, inflation, monetary...