Economic sentiment indicator survey: Romania has best perspectives in CEE

The financial analysts' perception of the Romanian economy's evolution over the next six months turned out to be the best in Central and Eastern Europe in July, according to a survey by ZEW Institute, ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In June, Romania fell on the second position based on the economic expectations for the following six months, being surpassed by Hungary. The index measuring the perception of analysts for the next six months fell by 4.6 points for Romania, to 21.2 points. Hungary recorded the largest decline in the region, of 20.4 points reaching 14 points, returning to the second position. Given the current economic situation, Romania is the second to last in the region, before Hungary. Expectations for the Bucharest Stock Exchange worsened in July, while the indicator on the evolution of BET noted a decrease of 13.2 points, to 27.6 points. The survey was made between July 4 and July 18 and included Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com (photo source: Sxc.hu)