E-TRENDS by NewsVibe. Trending economic topics over the past week

The online economic landscape is increasingly characterized by the emergence of brands, institutions, public figures and events that are accelerating their visibility at an unexpected pace. Using NewsVibe, a smart digital monitoring tool, we recently analyzed the evolution of relevant players in the economy, with a focus on those on an upward trend. From the 19,551 articles and posts we monitored in the online press and social media, we identified the entities with the fastest recent growth in exposure, along with emerging themes and topics gaining visibility in the last week.

Top 10 trending entities in economic context

Infinexa

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

Visa

Fiscal Council

Moody's

Rio de Janeiro

Bulgaria

BSOG Energy

Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania

Flavius Cladoveanu

Last week, business restructuring company Infinexa announced the bankruptcy of airline operator Blue Air, after more than two years of insolvency. The decision came amid the failure to find an investor willing to take over the debts.

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi has found herself at the forefront of the online debate after she published an editorial arguing that the austerity package prepared by the government can only become a real reform if it is coupled with fiscal transparency and a ban on cash payments.

In partnership with Banca Transilvania, Visa facilitated the first payments using the EU Digital Identity Wallet, a common EU-wide digital framework for proving online identity and carrying out transactions.

The recent opinion issued by the Fiscal Council, coupled with an outlook review signed by Moody's, estimates that the recent package of measures announced by the government could lead to a reduction in the deficit, with the government entering on an improved path and a favorable outlook on its sovereign rating.

The city of Rio de Janeiro has been in the economic spotlight after hosting the BRICS summit, an event that brought strong statements against protectionism (with a reference to the EU) and discussions on trade relations in the emerging markets region.

Bulgaria has returned to the spotlight after the country received final approval to join the eurozone from January 1, 2026, and Fitch upgraded the rating to BBB+, signaling a positive effect on regional trade and financial stability.

BSOG Energy, a subsidiary of Black Sea Oil & Gas, recently signed a partnership with DN Agrar to build one of the largest biomethane plants in the country, a €30 million investment that marks the expansion of the portfolio beyond offshore gas production.

On July 8, the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania decided to maintain the key interest rate at 6.5% per annum, citing persistent inflationary pressures and fiscal risks to macroeconomic balances.

Flavius Cladoveanu, director of the Institute of Transport Research, voluntarily reduced his salary from more than 50,000 lei to 14,000 lei a month, later declaring it a gesture of "empathy, but also frustration".

Top 15 online sources on economics in the past week

Grafic NewsVibe. Top relevant web and social media sources that have published the most articles and posts on economic topics in the last week

*****Summary compiled using a monitoring feed provided by NewsVibe Romania. The analysis is based on a Machine Learning model developed by the NewsVibe team, which has been trained to classify the content extracted from relevant online sources according to the topic. The presented data has been enhanced using Artificial Intelligence tools.