Romania's c-bank holds key rate at 2.50%

The central bank, BNR, also decided to maintain the deposit facility rate at 1.50% per year and the lending facility rate at 3.50% per per, it said in a statement after a board meeting on monetary policy.

BNR also decided to maintain the existing ratios of minimum reserve requirements for both leu- and foreign currency-denominated liabilities of banks.

The central bank last changed its key rate in May last year, increasing it to 2.50% from 2.25%, the third rate hike in 2018.

Romania's consumer prices rose by 3.9% year-on-year in August, compared to an increase of 4.1% in the previous month, the national statistical office has said.

In August, Romania's central bank said it is maintaining its 2019 inflation forecast at 4.2%, while increasing its projection for 2020 to 3.4% from 3.3% predicted in May.

(1 euro=4.7483 lei)