Romania Holds Interest Rate With Tax Hikes Set to Fuel Inflation
The National Bank of Romania held the benchmark rate at 6.5% on Friday, maintaining one of the highest borrowing costs in Europe for an eighth meeting and matching the estimates of all economists in a Bloomberg survey.
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