Romania: Fitch affirms Romania’s fragile rating and warns of significant (…)

February 16, 2026

Fitch affirms Romania’s fragile rating and warns of significant risks to medium-term fiscal consolidation
Feb 16, 2026

Fitch affirms Romania’s fragile rating and warns of significant risks to medium-term fiscal consolidation.

International rating agency Fitch affirmed Romania’s fragile rating at BBB- with a negative outlook, on the verge of the non-investment area, while signalling significant risks to medium-term fiscal consolidation. Risks to medium-term fiscal consolidation are generated by weak growth, (…)

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