Abstract. As an EU member, Romania is firmly anchored in the global economy, making it sensitive to its developments, but also to its regression. The current period is still quite cloudy; Romania is still subject to major risks. As a result of deepening economic and financial crisis macroeconomic indicators have not had the sustained positive development. Romania’s GDP in 2009 declined from 7.3% to -7.1%, in 2010 the decrease was about 1.2%, as in 2011 and 2012 to record slightly positive developments of 2.5% and 0.3%. For 2013 it is expected an increase of 2% for Romania's GDP, while global economic growth is still quite slow. Since 2010 inflation rate is decreasing, going from 6.09% to 3.33% in 2012 and by the end of 2013 it should be around 3.4% according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. In 2010 the unemployment rate in Romania was at 7.3% reaching to 7% in 2012. We will try in this article to make a brief analysis of the current situation of Romania, but also to see what its prospects for development are.

Keywords: growth, inflation, unemployment, external debt, balance of payments.