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Category: Moldova’s Economy
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) canceled the timely dissemination of GDP and labor market data for the second quarter of 2025, explaining the postponement of the publication date by “technical reasons”. The expert community did not believe and was indignant at the restriction of access to important information on the eve of parliamentary elections.
Moldova Business Week announced the creation of a new stock exchange in Chisinau in partnership with the Bucharest Stock Exchange and a group of large investors from Moldova. Most experts believe this could be a chance for the Moldovan capital market.
Over the first seven months of 2025, industrial production growth of 2.2% year-on-year is recorded, Logos Press reports.
Importers of foods for infants and toddlers, foods for special medical purposes, for total dietary replacement for weight control purposes, will have to comply with the new rules, Logos Press reports.
The Bolt platform, one of the largest European companies in the mobility sector, has been officially launched in Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
International rating agency Fitch Ratings in early September affirmed Moldova’s credit rating at B+ with a stable outlook. Despite its stability, it includes many aggravating circumstances of the future “credit history” of the country, for which development partners are responsible with their money. But the debts are still to be paid back to the country.
Moldova’s current account of the balance of payments in the first quarter of 2025 showed an alarming increase in the deficit to 26% of GDP, exceeding $1 bln. The closest to this level was recorded 16 years ago. Last year’s figures were much more modest, although also very high: 17% of GDP in the second and third quarters of 2024 and 18% in the fourth quarter of 2024.
In freight transportation in the first half of 2025, both a decrease in the volume of goods transported (-4.9%) and freight turnover (-10.5%) are registered, Logos Press reported.
In its last session, the outgoing for good current parliament passed, without consulting the government and business, several amendments to legislation that could seriously affect the country’s economy.
In July, the domestic public debt continued its downward trend, amounting to 46.205 billion lei at the end of the month, compared to 48.5 billion lei at the end of June, Logos Press reported.
The National Commission on Financial Market (NCFM) recommends all shareholders of joint stock companies to check and update their personal data contained in the register maintained by registrar companies or the Central Unified Securities Depository (DCU), – reports Logos Press.
Results of business surveys of manufacturing, construction, retail and service industries reflected generally optimistic forecasts for business activity in the third quarter of 2025, Logos Press reported.
