Romania - Factors to watch on Oct. 20

Aerostar SA

20/10/2017 06:30

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and 
events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on 
Friday. 
     
    DEBT TENDER 
    Romania's finance ministry rejected all bids at a tender 
aimed at selling March 2022 treasury bonds on Thursday, the 
fifth consecutive failed auction this month, central bank data 
showed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR5N1KI002 
     
    EIB 
    European Investment Bank vicepresident Andrew McDowell said 
on Thursday he expected financing for Romania to rise this year 
to at least 1.3 billion euros ($1.54 billion) worth of signed 
loan contracts, up from roughly 1 billion euros last year. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MU6D2 
     
    TAX 
    Romanian employers will pay a 2 percent tax on their overall 
wage fund from 2018, the finance minister was quoted as saying 
on Thursday by state news agency Agerpres, the latest in a 
series of tax plans that have caused concerns for investors. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MU2Y5 
     
    CEE MARKETS 
    The zloty and forint edged lower on Thursday, pausing for 
breath after recent strong gains as investors began positioning 
for expected changes to the European Central Bank's stimulus 
programme.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MU2P8 
     
    WORLD BANK FORECASTS 
    For a table of revised economic growth forecasts released by 
the World Bank click  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MT4N2 
     
    BAD LOANS 
    Raiffeisen Bank Romania aims to sell a package of 
non-performing retail and corporate loans worth 250-270 million 
euros by the end of the year, financial daily Ziarul Financiar 
said quotting market sources. Ziarul Financiar 
                             
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