Blood for State Bonds. How Do Blood Donors Receive Higher Interest on State Bonds.
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Since the beginning of 2025, Romania has attracted about $604 million from thousands of private investors through a program to increase the returns of government bonds to blood donors, wrote Bloomberg.
The Romanians who donate blood have access to state bonds with interest of more than 7%, with about a percentage point higher than those offered, usually, to small investors. The program has already attracted tens of thousands of people, and the state has obtained about 2.8 billion lei through this scheme. Article Blood for state bonds. How blood donors receive higher interest on state bonds appears first on Romania TV.
Romania has come to the attention of Bloomberg due to one of the most unusual methods by which a state tries to attract money from the population. Blood donors can buy state bonds with preferential interest, over 7%, and the program has already brought billions of lei to the budget.
Romania draws the attention of the international press through a program through which blood donors can buy state bonds with preferential interest. The facility offers yields of more than 7%, with about a percentage point more than the usual interest for retail investors, and contributed to attracting billions of lei for state financing. The Romanian program destined for [...] Article Romanian blood donors, a new source of funding for state. Blo…
Romania has attracted 2.8 billion lei through state bonds for blood donors, with interest that can exceed 7%.
At first glance, this Romanian innovation seems a bit bizarre, but it seems to have worked. Romanian taxpayers receive extra interest when they buy government bonds.
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