BNR decide to maintain the monetary policy rate at 5.25 percent per annum

In its meeting of 2 November 2012, The Board of the National Bank of Romania decided the following:

• to maintain the monetary policy rate at 5.25 percent per annum;
• to ensure firm liquidity management in the banking system; 
• to maintain the existing levels of minimum reserve requirement ratios on both leu- and foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions. 

The NBR Board has examined and approved the quarterly Inflation Report, which will be released to the public in a press conference on 7 November 2012.