The industrial production prices (both on the domestic and the foreign market) grew by 6.9 percent in July, 2010, vs. July 2009, and by 0.1 percent compared to June, this year, say temporary data, the National Statistics Institute (INS) made public on Thursday.

The investments made in the national economy fell 18.7 percent in H1 2010 versus H1 2009, the National Statistics Institute (INS) informs.

As many as 18,674 turnkey dwellings were built in the first half of 2010, by 4,827 homes less than in the H1, 2009, read data the National Statistics Institute (INS) supplied on Thursday.

The Transport Ministry will launch, until the end of the year, tenders with European financing, through the Transport Regional Operational Programme, worth EUR 3.14 bn, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu told a Wednesday's press conference.

Millennium Bank clients benefit from top interest rates for three-month RON and EUR deposits. The bank offers 8.75% annual interest rate for three-month RON deposits opened by using Internet Banking service and 8.5% for those made in the branches.

Romania's total car production could reach as many as 520,000 vehicles per year by 2014, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Automotive Institute analysis. This would represent a 74.5% increase compared to the production level of the local automotive industry in 2009. Romania would thus be the third fastest growing market in terms of production capacity in Central and Eastern Europe, behind Ukraine (242% increase by 2014) and Russia (235%).

Raiffeisen Bank posted a net profit of EUR 49.98 million for the first half of the year 2010, roughly in line with the profit it registered for the same period a year earlier, namely EUR 52.6 million • Operational profit stood at EUR 83.8 million, compared to EUR 106.2 million EUR in H1 2009 • Provisioning for loan loss impairments dropped to EUR 22.67 million, almost half of the EUR 43.79 million reported for the same period in 2009 • On a year-on-year basis, operational costs decreased by 3.7% in EUR equivalent (RON 4.4%), while staff expenses dropped by EUR 1% (RON 1.7%).

Key messages sent by the central bank governor at the presentation of the quarterly Inflation Report: