News about inflation
Excess liquidity becomes an additional factor of inflation acceleration. When people and companies, as well as the banking system, have more money on hand than is necessary to service the current volume of goods and services, unsecured demand grows faster, which leads to higher prices.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 15.
The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) has revised upward its inflation forecast, which will rise from to 8.6% in the last quarter of 2026 against the backdrop of the situation in the Middle East. According to the central bank’s previous official forecast, inflation in Q4 should have amounted to 5.0%, while in the forecast a year earlier (in May 2025) – 4.0%.
Experts have assessed the cryptocurrency’s chance of growth through the summer.
Romania’s economy contracted by 1.7% in unadjusted terms in the first three months of the year compared to the same quarter of 2025 and by 0.2% compared to the previous quarter, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Data published on May 13 by Romania’s National Institute of Statistics (INS) showed that the country’s GDP fell by 1.7% in gross terms and 1.5% in seasonally adjusted terms compared to the same quarter of 2025.
US President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a three-day visit – the first for an American leader in nine years.
The eurozone economy has slowed sharply, growing at an annualized rate of only 0.8% in the first quarter of 2026. However, the three countries are growing many times faster than the bloc.
While diesel prices in Moldova have been decreasing for a week already, gasoline is becoming more expensive.
Copper prices rose above the key mark of $14 thousand per ton, approaching historical highs. The market continues to grow despite the increased nervousness on global platforms due to the aggravation around Iran.
Leading economic experts consistently argue that classic monetary methods of the National Bank are ineffective against the current inflation. It is not about money. And even – not in their quantity. It is about the economic sovereignty of the country.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 13.
Government Resolution No. 198/2025, which came into force on May 17, 2025, had a “exploding bomb” effect a year later.
After weeks of Russian Urals crude benefiting from a global supply shortage, the market has suddenly changed direction. The Urals discount to benchmark Brent crude increased for the first time since the start of the war in Iran.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has released the new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 12.
In the period January-April 2026, Moldovan producers of apple concentrate processed a little more than 2 thousand tons of apples. Moreover, last month accounted for at least half of the volume of processing of this raw material, industry operators note.
Potato acreage in Moldova has decreased by 10-20% this year, according to potato seed suppliers. The reasons are many – from radical cost reduction due to the rise in the price of all inputs, to the relatively low selling price of this product throughout the 2025/26 marketing season.
In April 2026, average consumer prices in Moldova increased by 6.8% year-on-year, up 4.5% YTD, confirming the acceleration trend. In March, the annual inflation rate was 5.8%, after the January minimum of 4.8%.
Bitcoin stabilized on Monday, squandering much of the weekend’s gains amid escalating tensions over Iran, which offset optimism over progress on the U.S. regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.
The European Union is preparing a 21st package of sanctions against Moscow, within which it intends to increase pressure on the “shadow fleet,” Russian banks and the Russian Orthodox Church, Politico writes, citing European officials and diplomats.
