Pursuant to its Statute, the primary objective of the National Bank of Romania is to ensure and maintain price stability. Furthermore, without prejudice to its primary objective, the National Bank of Romania supports the general economic policy of the Government.

According to Art.2 of Law 312/2004, one of the main tasks of the National Bank of Romania is to define and implement the monetary policy and the exchange rate policy. In addition, with a view to attaining its primary objective, the central bank defines the monetary policy strategy and decides on the actual instruments and procedures to be used in conducting monetary policy.