7 months

Foreign direct investments, or FDI, in Romania fell 47.9% on the year to EUR3.097 billion in the first seven months from EUR5.948 billion in the corresponding period a year earlier, the central bank said Friday.

Romania's seven-month trade deficit widened 10.4% on the year to EUR12.7 billion, from EUR11.5 billion during the same period last year, the National Statistics Institute said Tuesday.