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Romania’s fiscal consolidation faces big challenges

Romania has seen one of the largest bond market rallies across EMs in the past six months, but we think a further sustained fall in yields is unlikely. A lot more fiscal tightening is needed to stabilise the public finances, which will be difficult to push through. If anything, the risks are now skewed towards higher yields, particularly if economic weakness exposes coalition divisions and/or fuels support for the far-right. 

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