TY - BOOK ID - 84545498 TI - Romania : Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waivers of Performance Criteria. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2003 SN - 1462345271 1452794103 128355464X 9786613867094 1452743703 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Exports and Imports KW - Inflation KW - Macroeconomics KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - Industries: Energy KW - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions KW - Privatization KW - Contracting Out KW - Energy and the Macroeconomy KW - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General KW - Price Level KW - Deflation KW - International Lending and Debt Problems KW - Petroleum, oil & gas industries KW - Monetary economics KW - International economics KW - Energy sector KW - Credit KW - External debt KW - Economic sectors KW - Prices KW - Money KW - Energy industries KW - Debts, External KW - Romania UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84545498 AB - Romania's macroeconomic performance remains broadly in line with the program, but the recent strengthening of domestic demand and nonobservance of four performance criteria require corrective measures. Discussions on policies for 2003 took place in the context of increasing risks stemming from unfavorable external developments, accelerating domestic demand, and a widening of the current account deficit. IMF staff noted the delay in preparing the privatization strategy for the energy sector, and encouraged the authorities to make every effort to complete the privatization of the energy sector. ER -