Romania to tighten belt for IMF credit

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Series Details 7.5.10
Publication Date 07/05/2010
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Romania will have to enact sweeping austerity measures to avoid raising taxes and ensure delivery of the next instalment of a €20bn International Monetary Fund standby credit, the country’s president warned on the 6 May 2010.

Traian Basescu said Romania’s centrist government would slash public sector wages by 25% from June 2010, while pensions and jobless benefits would fall by 15%.

Related Links
ESO: Background information: Romanian austerity unlocks $3bn aid http://www.europeansources.info/record/romanian-austerity-unlocks-3bn-aid/
BBC News, 6.5.10: Romania to cut wages and pensions http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10101468.stm
România liberă, 7.5.10: Left warns of austerity budget 'genocide' (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/247391-left-warns-austerity-budget-genocide

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