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Romania Jan-Oct FDI More Than Halves To EUR3.72B

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, more than halved in the first ten months to EUR3.72 billion compared with EUR7.66 billion in the same period the year earlier, the central bank said Friday.
Romania Jan-Oct FDI More Than Halves To EUR3.72B
11 dec. 2009, 12:32, English

Intra-group loans amounted to EUR1.77 billion of the total FDI in January-October, while equity stakes (including reinvested profit) stood at EUR1.94 billion.

The FDI covered almost the entire current account deficit during January-October.

Romania’s current account gap narrowed 72.2% in the first ten months of 2009 to EUR3.95 billion, from a EUR14.2 billion deficit in the same period a year earlier.

In 2008, Romania attracted foreign direct investments worth EUR9.02 billion, up 24.4% on the year, which financed 53.5% of the current account deficit.