The expectations of financial experts regarding the evolution of the Romanian economy in the coming six months have improved substantially in August with a rist of 32.4 points, according to a study of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The ZEW index registered the highest rise among CEE countries after a major fall in July.

The ZEW index of analysts' expectations rose to 26.1 points in August.

Romania comes after the Czech Republic (32 points) and Poland (26.5 points) when it comes to analysts' perception on the evolution of the economy and comes before Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia.

But the perception on the current economic situation of Romania, while up 18.2 points to -53.2 points, remains the lowest among analyzed countries.