According to the data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the annual inflation rate in Moldova has decreased its growth rate. In April, average consumer prices rose by 7.8% over the last 12 months against 8.75% in March, Logos Press reported.
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the allocation of $90 million to finance the subprogram “Supporting Economic Opportunities and Policies for Climate Resilience in Moldova,” Logos press reports.
The World Bank places the world’s poor countries in the category of “low- or middle-income countries”, with a separate subgroup of “Least Developed Countries” (LDC), which includes 45 countries in the world.
At the end of May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will present official indicators of multidimensional poverty in Moldova. From 2025, the number of poor people in the country will be assessed simultaneously using the old (monetary) and new methods of poverty measurement. According to the first experimental data, the measurement results will be fundamentally different.
In April, the state’s official reserve assets decreased by another 121.17 million euros to 4,929.69 million euros. The negative balance of assets has been growing since the beginning of the year, Logos Press reported.
Part of the EU loan funds will be used to fulfill the government’s budgetary obligations to pay pensions and allowances to the population,” Logos Press reports.
Moldovan companies are curtailing their activity in all segments of the regulated and unregulated capital market, – reports Logos Press.
According to a forecast by the National Institute of Economic Research, Moldova’s economy will move to recovery in 2025 with an expected modest GDP growth of 2.5%,” Logos Press reported.
The National Bureau of Statistics is moving towards measuring multidimensional poverty. It will not be measured in money, but the number of poor people in Moldova may change,” Logos Press reports.
Since the beginning of the year, demand for government securities has exceeded the supply of the Ministry of Finance by 28%, and for one-year government securities by almost 50%,” Logos Press reported.
The public debt in Moldova is growing at an accelerated rate. It is increasingly secured not by gross production, but by debt securities and the established system of refinancing through foreign aid programs. Supporting the economy and budgetary commitments is increasingly becoming a way to pay off debts.
Labor is traditionally honored in Moldova, but its productivity has not been considered as an official statistical indicator for a long time. Moldova is not included in international rankings of countries in terms of labor productivity. However, its cost and labor remuneration are growing at an accelerated rate,” Logos Press reports.
In January-March 2025, the total volume of agricultural production in farms of all categories decreased by 9.5% (in comparable prices). The main reason is the decrease in livestock production by 10%,” Logos Press reports.
Tenths of GDP growth in 2025 and a hypothetical exit from stagnation in the next few years – this is all that the IMF and World Bank economists were able to promise the Moldovan economy. The first, updated forecasts of the world economy after the start of the trade war spoiled the mood of many countries.
The IMF will scrutinize the soundness of the country’s commercial banks for compliance with Basel III standards, according to Logos Press.
Managers in the manufacturing and construction sectors of the economy are expecting a surge in business activity in the second quarter of 2025,” according to Logos Press.
On some aspects of the financial statements of the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization for 2024, the Court of Accounts could not decide: “Are these accounting errors or signs of fraud?”. Difficulties arose when it came to relations with the real economy.
Individuals will be able to lend to the government on a monthly basis. The finance ministry is forcing an electronic borrowing platform,” Logos Press reported.
The General Inspectorate for Migration provided updated information on the situation of displaced persons from Ukraine and Ukrainian citizens settled in the Republic of Moldova.
By June 2025, the once expropriated 80% of shares of IC “Moldasig” from the disgraced owner of the insurance company Veaceslav Platon should be sold. The government appointed the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization as the seller,” Logos Press reported.
