According to the data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics on the number of the population with permanent residence, there were 2,381,300 people in the country on January 1, 2025,” Logos Press reported.
At the end of the first quarter, three insurance companies went into negative territory, affecting the profitability of the insurance business as a whole, Logos Press reported.
After five months of methodical reduction, the official foreign exchange reserves in June were significantly replenished – by 221.49 million euros. The assistance from the EU has arrived. However, the size of the “piggy bank” (5,070.24 million euros) is not yet at the height it was at the beginning of the year (5,164.1 million euros). Although by generally accepted standards the reserves are quite sufficient to serve as a “safety cushion”. The debate – for what and for whom – is still raging.
Why don’t we use international reserves to invest in the economic development of the country? This question arises quite often. The Expert grup analytical center has prepared a detailed commentary on this issue. Here are its main theses.
At the end of June, the domestic public debt, despite the growth of SS sales on the primary market, decreased and amounted to 48.5 billion lei against 48.8 billion lei at the end of May, Logos Press reported.
Life expectancy in 2024 increased by a month to an average of 72 years: 67.6 years for men and 76.4 years for women,” Logos Press reported.
The annual inflation rate was 8.2 percent in June, up 0.2 percent from May and 5.2 percent from the end of last year, Logos Press reported.
In June 2025, the National Bank of Moldova became a member of the Vienna Initiative – a platform for cooperation between the public and private sectors to protect financial stability in emerging economies in Europe, – reports Logos Press.
The deficit of the National Public Budget for the first five months of 2025 reached 5,609, 4 million lei, although at the end of the first quarter it amounted to only 300 million lei, Logos Press reported.
At the end of June 2025, official reserve assets totaled 5,070.24 million euros, up by 221.49 million euros over the month thanks to the EU bailout,” Logos Press reported.
The Gagauz autonomous region has the highest share of young people (0-15 years old) – 20%, or every fifth inhabitant of this region, Logos Press reported.
The Soros Foundation in Moldova, with the financial support of the European Union, is launching a grant program for opening family-type kindergartens, Logos Press reports.
The capitalization of the National Bank of Moldova in the first quarter of 2025, including the profit accumulated for distribution, amounted to over 9.5 billion lei, Logos Press reported.
Moldova’s gross external debt increased in the first quarter of 2025 by 3% (+$303.82 million) and amounted to $10,517.15 million, which is 57.4% of GDP (+1.3 p.p. since the beginning of the year). The rate of external debt accumulation is still inferior to the rate of domestic borrowings – they are at least twice as fast, although they still account for about 40% of the total government debt.
In the first quarter of 2025, services exports showed 10% growth to $626 million, accounting for a 44.5% share of total exports,” Logos Press reported.
Foreign trade statistics indicates a significant decline in export revenues. And the structure of demand for foreign currency on the part of business demonstrates an increasingly pronounced gap with import dynamics, analysts of the National Bank record. According to their estimates, the current account deficit in the first quarter shows more than twofold increase on paper. In life, it has to be “covered” with something.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will provide technical assistance for the implementation of the National Bank’s Sustainable Development Roadmap for 2024-2028, Logos Press reports.
Based on the application of the client of CB OTP Bank, the National Commission of Financial Market (NCFM) has established the fact of violation by the bank of the rights of the consumer of financial services and applies to the courts to protect him from abuse, – reports Logos Press.
Significant differences amounting to 43.6 million lei were revealed by the Court of Accounts during the audit of the reports submitted to the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank on the utilization of donor funds of the project “Improving the quality of education”, Logos Press reported.
Ulrich Schmitt, a German citizen, will succeed Inguna Dobroja as Country Manager of the World Bank Group in Moldova from July 1, 2025, – reports Logos Press.
