The next issue of state securities with reduced yield has been admitted to the primary market starting from September 16, 2025 through the announcement of trades by the Stock Exchange of Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
Moldova Business Week announced the creation of the Chisinau Stock Exchange in partnership with the Bucharest Stock Exchange and a group of large investors from Moldova, Logos Press reported.
The capital city’s positive natural population growth increased in the first half of 2025, which goes against the demographic trends of the whole country in recent decades, Logos Press reported.
Since the beginning of 2025, a total of 15,022 people have entered the labor market through the territorial units of the National Employment Agency, Logos Press reported.
International rating agency Fitch Ratings in early September affirmed Moldova’s credit rating at B+ with a stable outlook. Despite its stability, it includes many aggravating circumstances of the future “credit history” of the country, for which development partners are responsible with their money. But the debts are still to be paid back to the country.
Capital investments in the first half of 2025 record a 21% increase to 15.4 billion lei, Logos Press reported.
Moldova’s current account of the balance of payments in the first quarter of 2025 showed an alarming increase in the deficit to 26% of GDP, exceeding $1 bln. The closest to this level was recorded 16 years ago. Last year’s figures were much more modest, although also very high: 17% of GDP in the second and third quarters of 2024 and 18% in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The ceiling for financing local communities under the government’s LEADER program has been increased from MDL 3 million to MDL 4 million, while diversifying the allocation of funds, Logos Press reported.
The development and promotion of payment infrastructure in Moldova will now officially depend on the global payment technology company Mastercard, which will promote digital payments MPay and EVO, financial education and implementation of modern data management technologies in the payment infrastructure, – reports Logos Press.
Despite the declared increase in transfers, the Customs Service’s procedure for administering state budget revenues for the period 2023-2024 is riddled with shortcomings, causing the state to lose revenue, Logos Press reported.
As a result of the seasonal decline in prices of some groups of goods, annual inflation slowed from 7.9% to 7.3% in August, Logos Press reported.
As planned, in the third quarter, the Ministry of Finance offered citizens to invest in government securities with longer maturity and lower yields, – reports Logos Press.
International rating agency Fitch Ratings in early September affirmed Moldova’s rating at B+ with a stable outlook, which corresponds to an average ESG (RS) relevance level of “5” on both political stability and rights indicators, as well as on indicators of the rule of law, quality of institutional and regulatory framework and the fight against corruption, Logos Press reports.
Investments in the energy efficiency of buildings justify themselves, so comprehensive thermal rehabilitation of residential buildings will continue, according to Logos Press.
The National Bank is expanding the “School of Modern Finance” program for future economic journalists by offering them a course of specialized training in Romania, Logos Press reports.
Despite increased borrowing and a July surplus in the state budget, the government still doesn’t have enough money to cover all the spending it is forced to cut, Logos Press reported.
The second set of final data from the 2024 census campaign provides an opportunity not only to look at the demographic, migration and educational profile of the population, but also to assess the changes that have occurred over the past ten years. They are ambiguous.
After a July decline, official reserve assets rose again in August thanks to budget support from the World Bank, Logos Press reported.
By the second half of the year, about 40% of unmet labor market demand is in the public sector, according to Logos Press.
The e-government agency is starting to roll out the latest version of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), which will work anywhere in Europe – Logos Press reports.
