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The execution of the state budget for 2025 ended with a deficit of 15,712.4 million lei. This is 2,499 million lei lower than the adjusted indicator, but 2,623 million lei higher than the previous year, Logos Press reported.
The Executive Committee of the National Bank at the first meeting this year, dedicated to updating the monetary policy, decided to reduce the mandatory reserve requirement on attracted funds in MDL and non-convertible currency by 2 percentage points (from 20% to 18%) and on attracted resources in freely convertible currency by 3 p.p. (from 29% to 26%). At the same time leaving the level of the prime rate unchanged – 5% per annum.
During 448 tax audits during the first month of the year, 289 cases of law violations were detected, for which tax sanctions amounting to 983.0 thousand lei were applied, as well as administrative sanctions amounting to 338.0 thousand lei, Logos Press reported.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated a record 2.9 billion euros of financing to Ukraine in 2025, which is 500 million euros more than in 2024, Logos Press reported.
On February 5, the Executive Committee of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) unanimously decided to keep the key rate at the current level, confirming experts’ forecasts about the end of the monetary policy easing period, Logos Press reports.
The Ministry of Finance has prepared a simplified version of the state budget for 2026, which sets out the main parameters of the financial document in an accessible form, including on socially important issues of the direction of funds, reports Logos Press.
This is the conclusion of experts, predicting the end of the period of key rate reduction by the National Bank of Moldova (NBM). According to the latest forecast of the NBM, in 2026, inflation is expected to decrease to the average annual level of 4.3%. Last year’s trend of stabilization of food inflation will play an important role in this, Logos Press reports.
In Moldova, the reporting of information from indirect sources was introduced in 2018 for taxation and anti-avoidance purposes. However, the system is constantly being finalized. There is a gradual introduction of new subjects of this obligation and a tightening of the data exchange system. And from 2025, a new, stricter reporting form is introduced, requiring information to be submitted by February 25.
The government intends to revise the amount and terms of property tax as part of its fiscal policy for 2027, Logos Press reported.
Moldova’s banking sector makes billions in profits, but ranks last in the region in terms of ROE (return on equity) and ROA (return on assets), Logos Press reported.
Agricultural enterprises received a financial support of 304.41 million lei during the period of the “Credit Mechanism in Agriculture” program, Logos Press reported.
The annual exhibition World Money Fair gathered in Berlin participants from more than 50 countries, among them a delegation of the National Bank of Moldova NBM headed by Governor Anca Dragu, reports Logos Press.
The eurozone central bank summarized the results of Friday’s Jan. 30 meeting at which it cut three benchmark interest rates by 0.25 p.p., as the consensus forecast of economists suggested, adding pressure on the Euro, Logos Press reported.
The National Bank of Belarus demanded from commercial banks to increase the share of investment financing by at least 13% in 2026, reports Logos Press.
Participants of the Moldovan financial market underwent training on unified protection against cyberattacks within the framework of the implementation of the EU Regulation on Digital Operational Resilience DORA by the National Bank, Logos Press reports.
The strengthening of the euro for the Moldovan exporters has both positive and negative consequences, being a reflection of the ongoing world processes, reports Logos Press.
Brent crude oil futures rose more than 2% and reached almost $70 per barrel, which could directly affect the Moldovan economy, according to Logos Press.
Representatives of the Congress of Local Authorities (CALM) are pushing for local and central governments to work together in the process of setting new property tax rates, according to Logos Press.
Decrease in profitability of insurance business against the background of partial liberalization of tariffs and toughening of requirements for stability of insurance companies should not be an obstacle for development, the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) considers and urges insurers to adapt more actively to the changes, reports logos Press.
The euro has reached a new all-time high against the dollar, confirming the recovery of its positions amid the deteriorating position of the U.S. currency, reports the press.
