Net investment in Romania up 18.6% y/y in Jan-Sep

Net investment in machinery and equipment, including vehicles, rose by 4.8% year-on-year in the first nine months of the year, while net investment in new construction jumped by 34%.

Combined investments in other sectors rose by an annual 6.9% on the year during January-September, the statistical office said.

In the third quarter alone, net investment in Romania's economy jumped by an annual 26.8% to 26.84 billion lei.

Investment in Romania's economy, breakdown by sector (in billions of lei, y/y pct change in brackets)

(1 euro=4.7777 lei)