NBR's new bill makes shopping easier

Holiday shopping will be easier this time around in Romania, as the people will no longer have to carry loads of bills along, once the one-million ROL bill NBR is ready to release comes out. The one-million ROL bill would be issued by yearend, so that the payment peak during the winter holidays could be more readily handled, NBR Governor Mugur Isarescu on Tuesday said. “The release of the one-million ROL bill is a matter of weeks instead of months. The decision to print this bill was taken when the denomination of the ROL was not accepted at the political level,” Isarescu said. Two weeks ago the NBR Governor was saying the one million ROL bill would be issued some time in early 2004. The release of the bill answers a practical necessity, experienced by the banks that can barely manage to fill ATMs up, but also by the average Romanian who finds himself having to drag along a bag of cash whenever he wants to make a significant purchase. ZF