





EC to decrease Romania's economic parameters. 2009 and 2010 will not register economic growth
In January the Commission estimated a 1.75% increase in 2009 and 2.5% in 2010. Unemployment rates will increase to record values in 2009 and 2010, from 5% to 8%. In 2009 and 2010 inflation will drop as the minimum average salary grew and as international prices on raw materials dropped. By the end of 2009, the inflation will most probably reach the World Bank estimates of 3.5%.
Romania's budgetary deficit will be cut in 2009, to 5.1% of GDP compared to 5.4% in 2009. In 2010, it will increase to 5.2%.