The National Bank of Romania's publications, along with other communication instruments, provide the general public, institutions and the domestic and external business communities with information regarding the policies and measures adopted by the central bank in order to fulfill its tasks.
The NBR publishes several types of publications, with regular or occasional frequency, most of them being available both paper-based and in electronic format, as well as in English.
- Annual publications:
- Bi-annual publications:
- Financial Stability Report provides the public with an assessment of the robustness of the financial system - institutions, markets, infrastructure - and the risks to its stability generated by companies and households, the domestic macroeconomic developments and the international economic and financial context. (starting with 2006; until 2015 it was published once per year)
- The survey on the access to finance of the non-financial companies in Romania and their capacity to cope with adverse financial conditions (FCNEF) (starting with 2014) aims at capturing the views of the real sector regarding: the most pressing problems faced during business activity, availability and development of financing sources, rate of success in accessing financing from banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and in accessing European funding, the relation of companies with banks and NBFIs, the perception of the financing cost, the maximum tolerable level of the interest rate and the effects of potential negative developments in the interest rate, the perception of consequences concerning a potential appreciation/depreciation of the national currency etc. The survey was published for the first time in December 2013 (June 2014 for the English version) and is available only in electronic format.
- Central Bank Journal of Law and Finance (starting with 2014)
- Quarterly publications:
- Inflation Report (starting August 2008 statistics underlying charts and tables are available in Excel format)
- Bank Lending Survey (starting with 2008) aims at highlighting the opinions from the major banks related to the dynamics of the: (i) credit terms and standards, (ii) risks stemming from the lending process, (iii) credit demand, (iv) other specific details (expectations regarding the medium price per square meter of a dwelling, debt service burden to household income, loan to value etc). The survey is published starting May 2008, and is available in the electronic format only.
- Systemic Risk Survey (starting with 2008) includes: Map of main risks to global financial stability, Systemic Risk Questionnaire, banks' views and responses to the questionnaire (starting with March 2018).
- Monthly publications:
Since January 2007, the NBR started to publish the Romanian version of the ECB Monthly Bulletin (March, June, September and December issues).