Impact of Financial Crisis on Monetary Market in Romania

AbstractThe financial crisis that has affected most of the national economies in the last few years started in the United States in 2006. Over time, several precedents have been recorded, of which we mention the following: the financial crises prior to the collapse of the foreign currencies from the Eastern Asia from 1997; the financial crisis from Russia from 1998, when the huge competition deficit had a significant effect on the global economic market. The year 2009 made the banking system confront with a higher vulnerability, given the increase of the credit risk, and the Romanian business environment was negatively affected by: the contraction of the external retail market; difficulties in the external financing; the worsening of the risk perception, including by association with the regional evolutions; doubling the liquidity risk with the solvency risk at a micro-economic level. The year 2011 brings several changes in the economic and financial situation as follows: the balance of the non-governmental loan granted by the credit institutions increased in July 2011 with 1.1% in comparison with June 2011, up to the level of 216,010.7 million RON; the credit in RON increased with 1% while the credit in foreign currency increased with 1.1% (expressed in EUR, the credit in foreign currency increased with 1%); on 31 July 2011, the non-governmental credit recorded an increase of 4.5% compared to 31 July 2010, based on the increase with 1.8% of the RON component and with 6.2% of the foreign currency component expressed in RON (expressed in EUR, the credit in foreign currency increased with 6.3%);the governmental credit decreased in July 2011 with 4.6% up to 64,164.6 million RON. On 31 July 2011, it recorded an increase of 16.7% compared to 31 July 2010; the residents’ deposits, non-governmental clients increased in July 2011 with 1.7% in comparison with June 2011, up to the level of 177,219.0 million RON. One of the main negative consequences of the financial crisis affected the cost and the external financial liquidity. Thus, the risk premiums for the CEE countries increased significantly, while the banks counted on the external resources. The financial crisis is causing suffering and shivers across the globe, forcing Governments to nationalize key parts of the banking sector, and the central banks to inject immense quantities of liquidity in the financial markets [\”, not Marx, Keynes is back’, European Voice, 21 oct 2008]. The causes of the current financial crisis should lead to many to remember that we need genuine markets, transparency and the smooth functioning of markets based on an adequate system of regulation and supervision, a correct evaluation of the factors of production and service