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.
NBM President Anca Dragu and Finance Minister Victoria Belous have traveled to Washington, USA, to discuss partnerships and synchronize their watches. The Moldovan delegation is participating in the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held from April 21 to 26,” Logos Press reported.
The volume of funds attracted by banks in March 2025 decreased by 11% – to 4.06 billion lei. The monthly evolution of the bank deposits market since the beginning of the year demonstrates the falling interest of individuals in non-cash storage of funds,” Logos Press reported.
The integration of new technologies will start with the modernization of the payment system, the NBM announced and instructed banks to join the Single European Payment System SEPA on their own. Moldova was accepted there on March 6, as reported by Logos Press.
More than half of the credit funds are allocated by banks for consumer needs. Preference is given to mortgages secured by collateralized obligations,” Logos Press reports.
The legalization of cryptocurrencies, the digital transformation of the market and the transition to advanced…
Some 12% of small businesses report complete credit constraints from banks. A World Bank study on the availability of finance for SMEs presented today points to acute problems on the demand side,” Logos Press reports.
Since the beginning of 2025, 6,121 people have been employed through the National Employment Agency (ANOFM). Among them are people with different social statuses: unemployed job seekers, part-time and casual workers, returned labor migrants, refugees and people with disabilities. All of them applied to employment services actively searching for vacancies,” Logos Press reports.
The arrival of the Bucharest Stock Exchange as an independent infrastructural entity of the Moldovan capital market is expected in the fall of 2025,” Logos Press reported.
The inflow of currency into the country from export operations continues to decline, which may directly affect the foreign exchange market and the stability of the national currency,” according to Logos Press.
Pork suppliers should be more attentive to the formation of selling prices of supply and distribution in retail chains and meat processors. After the zooepidemic, the behavior of participants in the domestic pork market is under the supervision of the Competition Council,” reports Logos Press.
Access to the Single European Payment System SEPA will not happen at once and not in all banks in Moldova at the same time, – reports Logos Press.
The total public debt will continue to grow at high rates. The official data published by the NBM for February 2025 show that the planned debt ceiling of the state on domestic and foreign markets will be exceeded for sure. At the end of 2025, the total amount of the state debt is envisaged at the level of 136 billion lei.
Promises of an investment paradise, hopes for the rapid arrival of serious foreign capital in the country remain unrealized. Judging by the current account of the balance of payments, capital is fleeing the country. Moreover, at an accelerated pace. The international investment position (IIP) of the country reflects the cause-and-effect relationship.
