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Category: Banks & Finance
This year, for the first time, the milestone of 100 billion lei in payments by Moldovan bank cards may be exceeded,” Logos Press reported.
Moldova’s domestic public debt increased by 5.6 billion lei (+12.7%) in the first eleven months of 2025, reaching 49.6 billion lei and setting a new record. This growth is mainly due to the increase in public expenditures and the need to meet payment obligations, Logos Press reported.
The state budget deficit for 2026 (21 billion lei) is planned to be covered also from domestic sources through the net issuance of government securities on the primary market, but the exact amount to be raised by this method is not mentioned, Logos Press reported.
The adjustments to the Tax Code presented by the ruling PAS party faction in parliament are essentially a tax policy document for next year. They will come into effect on January 1, 2026, subject to approval, Logos Press reported.
From January 1, 2026, the value added tax on imported cars to Moldova will not be applied, but the regime of excise duties depending on the engine volume will be preserved, – reports Logos Press.
According to the draft Budget Law for 2026, the national public budget deficit will exceed the current figure and reach a level of 5.7% of GDP, while it is expected to reach 5.04% in the current year, Logos Press reported.
The threshold for registering as a VAT subject will be raised from LE 1.2 million to LE 1.5 million as of January 1, 2026, if such a proposal is approved, Logos Press reported.
Annualized growth in average monthly wages in the third quarter of 2025 was about 10%, which translates to a 2% increase in real terms due to inflationary depreciation, Logos Press reported.
From December 1, 2025, the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) will put into circulation the commemorative coin “Queen Maria of Romania – 150 years since her birth”, – reports Logos Press.
The state’s annual borrowing limits have been lowered, but remain the main tool for raising funds for the budget, including from the public’s money, Logos Press reported.
October marked the 10th anniversary of the revocation of licenses of the three banking institutions involved in the “theft of a billion”, but this time was not enough to recover the stolen funds: it was possible to recover about 3 billion lei in emergency loans, but the remaining debt exceeds 11 billion lei, Logos Press reported.
A threefold increase in any indicator in the banking market can hardly be considered an ordinary event. This also applies to the National Bank’s increase in the countercyclical capital buffer rate for exposures from loans in Moldova from 0.5% to 1.5% of the total value of the exposure to risk. This wording seems complicated to explain, but it is not difficult to understand.
