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.
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.
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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.
