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In the October issue of World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund ranks the countries with the highest public debt in 2025, Logos Press reports.

The International Monetary Fund is demanding that Ukraine’s central bank devalue the hryvnia to strengthen the country’s finances and increase budget revenues, but Kiev is resisting such a scenario, fearing a surge in inflation and popular anger, Logos Press reported.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved the forecast of the world economy growth in 2025 to 3.2% (+0.2%), compared to the April forecasts, and at the same time has taken a more optimistic look at the Moldovan economy, – reports Logos Press.

According to estimates by the National Bureau of Statistics, economic activity in Moldova declined for the third consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2025, with an annual growth rate of 1.2%, Romanian economic analyst Andrei Radulescu said for the Financial Intelligence portal. Since 2014, he has been chief economist at Banca Transilvania and researcher at the Institute of World Economy of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.

The IMF expertise confirms the image of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) as an “advanced and transparent institution”, with a modern approach to the management of the country’s financial system, Logos Press reported.

With heightened uncertainty, policymakers in emerging economies will be forced to make difficult trade-offs between high debt, slowing growth and new spending needs, the IMF said in a blog on economic policy adjustment.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved its global growth forecast. Experts believe that Donald Trump’s trade war will do less damage to the global economy than initially feared, and the weakening of the dollar will soften the blow from duties for US trading partners, – reports Logos Press with reference to ProFinance.ru.

The FSAP mission for an in-depth and comprehensive assessment of the financial sector sustainability has completed its work in Moldova, but the conclusions will be presented later,” Logos Press reports.

On Monday, June 2, Ukraine refused to make payments to holders of $2.6 billion in debt securities, thereby allowing a sovereign credit default, Logos Press reported.

The Moldovan government’s debt to GDP is 36%, which is below average, according to the IMF’s April 2025 World Economic Outlook report,” Logos Press reported.

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.