





Direct foreign investments recorded a 13.9% drop in the first semester
Direct foreign investments amounted to 9.02 billion euros last year, a growth of 24.5% compared to 2007. This covered 53.5% of the account deficit, its total value being 16.87 billion euros.
The current account deficit for the first 2009 trimester was financed solely through direct investments made by non-Romanian residents: 1.456 billion euros, according to the data published yesterday by Romanian Central Bank (BNR).
Foreign long-term and medium-term debt recorded 51.115 million euros in the last day of March. The figure represents 71.4% of the total external debt, which has gone up 0.6% compared with its value from December 31, 2008.