Romania's finance minister meets Moody's ahead of sovereign rating review

17 July 2026 Romania's finance minister Alexandru Nazare continued technical discussions with international rating agencies on July 16, meeting representatives of Moody's in Bucharest as the country seeks to preserve its investment-grade sovereign rating. "The next couple of weeks are extremely important for maintaining Romania's investment-grade status," Nazare said in a Facebook post after the meeting. Moody's is expected to review Romania's sovereign rating in early August, about one week after Fitch is due to publish its assessment. All three major rating agencies currently assign Romania the lowest investment-grade rating with a negative outlook. According to the finance minister, discussions focused primarily on recent budget execution and the government's fiscal consolidation effort