Currency
The leu (pronounced ), plural: lei ; ISO 4217 code RON; numeric code 946) is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani (singular: ban). On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu (ROL) to a new leu (RON). 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL. Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007 and initially hoped to adopt the euro in 2014, but with the deepening of the Euro crisis and with its own problems, such as a low workforce productivity, postponed its adoption plans indefinitely.As economic conditions in the EU deteriorate, and uncertainty over the prospects of the bloc grow, President Traian Basescu has said that Romania remains ready to join the troubled single currency in 2015, as planned.
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