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Romania: Consumers on steroids Ciprian Dascalu, Chief Economist, ING Romania

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Romania: Consumers on steroids

Ciprian Dascalu, Chief Economist, ING Romania

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Growth picture looking monochromatic, with private consumption stealing the show.

Services growth spurt, started in 2014, looks set to continue through 2017.

GDP above potential of 3.5-4.0%, upside limited by structural issues related to labour market

2,2 1,6

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Fixed investment Others

Net exports GDP (%YoY)

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Constructions All services

Others GDP (%YoY)

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Cautious optimism ahead, except for consumers

Consumer confidence Economic sentiment index Retail sentiment

Construction sentiment Industry sentiment Services sentiment

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HH spending pullback... ... in 3Q16 is looking temporary. Surge in consumption, though some signs suggest a bit of caution ahead.

Wary consumers One in eight Romanians would spend the helicopter money, the lowest share among countries surveyed.

Wealth effect... ... however, property assets are one third below their 2007 high, probably still weighing on overall sentiment.

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Mid-to-late cycle for retail sales? Not quite...

ING survey: what would you do with extra 200€/month?

Maybe people are still shaken after 2008 crisis.

Consumption frenzy coming back with a vengence after soft 2H16

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Buy a car Purchase/build home

Home improvements

(major purchase intentions over 12 months)

2-digit wage growth... Due to minimum pay hikes, increases for state employees. Concerns about manufacturing competitiveness.

Good sentiment... ... but consumers marginally more prudent than in 2008 on economy, own financial situation.

Bigger ticked items… ... are picking-up on improved confidence due to income and employment expectations.

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Wages being pushed higher by state wage policy

Confidence jumped to a record high in 1Q17

Consumers, ready to dig deeper in their wallets

Still, solid wages to keep things moving along

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Interest for white goods Household items and clothing still in demand, but food category is worse off.

Tourism, on a tear Last year was a banner year for domestic tourism, despite a spike in trips abroad.

Big potential Long term, as Romania’s consumers will get more wealthy, the relevance of industry and agriculture will fade.

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Retail sales slowing down on base effects

Traveling more both internally and abroad

Convergence process to give more weight to services

Retail sales have peaked, but overall services OK

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Exports to Germany... ... account for one fifth of Romania’s total, making the jump in the Ifo index all the more relevant.

Car exports... ... are Romania’s main staple, so the latest cooling in registrations in Europe could spell some trouble in 2017.

Headline slowing down on mining sector (restructuring), but surge in oil prices could be a boon for the energy sector.

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Strengthening German economy beginning to show

Slowdown in European car sales is somewhat worrying

Robust manufacturing thanks to auto segment

Some positive external tailwinds for industry

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Get ready for a shift to more automation due to wage pressures

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Poor performance relative to peers fro industry on low automation. Services fare much better. Unfortunately, development is limited by structural constraints (ie educational).

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Inflationary policies in place for too long

‘Stimulative’ monetary policy, loose fiscal and expansionary wage policy

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Base effects and higher oil prices only part of the reasons behind positive CPI in 2017...

... as CORE3 inflation is rapidly moving higher (and is seen close to 4% in 2018 by NBR).

Era of low inflation drawing to a close

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Key rate (%)

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Liquidity surplus - room for tightening by narrowing standing facilities corridor...

... expected by ING in 4Q17 ahead of a key rate hike in 2Q18.

First key rate hike expected in 2Q18. Still dovish, tying the move to Poland’s central bank.

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RON: strong fundamentals

...but watch out for fiscal risks and the NBR talking down RON firming

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Imports (%YoY, LHS)

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Trade gap has deteriorated, but it does not look so bad when put in historic perspective.

Services surplus might not be enough if trade gap shoots up on private consumption.

External picture still largely favourable

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EUR/RON NBR "lines in the sand"

7 Jan-16: „stability zone”

reaffirmed by c.bank governor 7 Jan-15: NBR governor

Isarescu hints at „stability zone”

9 Feb-17: Isarescu sees limited

room, if any, for RON strengthening

due to competitiveness erosion

EUR/RON: 4.50-4.60, the new „stability zone”

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Isarescu: EUR/RON comfort zone shifting higher as local producers lost market share in labour intensive sectors. Maybe fiscal/political risks behind RON underperformance in CEE.

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Conclusions

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Romania 1Q16 2Q16 3Q16 4Q16 2016 1Q17F 2Q17F 3Q17F 4Q17F 2017 1Q18F 2Q18F 3Q18F 4Q18F 2018

GDP

(%YoY) 4.3 6.0 4.3 4.7 4.8 5.7 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.8

CPI (%YoY) -3.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -1.6 0.2 0.9 1.6 2.3 1.2 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.3

Key rate

(%) 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50

3M rate (%) 0.78 0.81 0.69 0.90 0.86 0.86 1.58 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.85 2.25

10Y yield

(%) 3.30 3.42 2.84 3.49 3.86 3.89 4.10 3.90 3.90 4.10 4.15 4.20

Eurozone 1Q16 2Q16F 3Q16 4Q16 2016 1Q17F 2Q17F 3Q17F 4Q17F 2017 1Q18F 2Q18F 3Q18F 4Q18F 2018

GDP

(%QoQ,

ann) 2.1 1.4 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8

CPI (%YoY) 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.3 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4

Key rate

(%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3M rate (%) -0.24 -0.29 -0.30 -0.32 -0.33 -0.33 -0.33 -0.33 -0.33 -0.33 -0.33 -0.20

10Y yield

(%) 0.15 -0.13 -0.12 0.21 0.33 0.75 0.60 0.40 0.50 0.70 0.75 0.80

FX/oil (eop) 1Q16 2Q16 3Q16 4Q16 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17F 4Q17F 1Q18F 2Q18F 3Q18F 4Q18F

EUR/RON 4.47 4.52 4.45 4.54 4.55 4.55 4.60 4.55 4.55 4.50 4.48 4.45

EUR/USD 1.14 1.11 1.12 1.05 1.07 1.14 1.18 1.20 1.20 1.25 1.27 1.30

Oil

(US$/bbl) 40 50 49 57 55 51 57 45 42 42 47 47

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Main ING forecasts

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• Domestic growth capped by structural issues ↓

• Government policy and leveraging keep fuelling demand ↓

• Inflationary forces should finally show up ↓

• Higher RON rates, absent political pressures on NBR ↓

• EUR/RON heavily managed, missing the regional rally.

• Forecast uncertainty remains high: • Election promises vs new government plan

• European election calendar: Italian elections • Geopolitical tensions

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Summing up

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Thank you

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UK Dorothée Gasser-Châteauvieux Chief Economist EMEA, South Africa, Israel 44 20 7767 6023 [email protected]

US Gustavo Rangel Chief Economist, LATAM 1 646 424 6464 [email protected]

Czech R. Jakub Seidler Senior Economist, Czech Republic 420 257 474 432 [email protected]

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Poland Rafal Benecki

Piotr Poplawski

Jakub Rybacki

Chief Economist, Poland

Senior Economist, Poland

Economist, Poland

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Romania Ciprian Dascalu Chief Economist, Romania 40 21 209 1393 [email protected]

Russia Dmitry Polevoy

Egor Fedorov

Chief Economist, Russia & CIS

Senior Credit Analyst, Russia & CIS

7 495 771 7994

7 495 755 5480

[email protected]

[email protected]

Singapore Tim Condon

Prakash Sakpal

Chief Economist, Asia

Economist, Asia

65 6232 6020

65 6232 6181

[email protected]

[email protected]

Turkey Muhammet Mercan Chief Economist, Turkey 90 212 329 0751 [email protected]

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