News about Investments
By the end of the current week gold in bullion was sold at about $4685 per ounce. That is, the price fell by about 7% during the week. The sharp rise in oil, natural gas and fuel prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East increases inflationary concerns and makes it less likely that central banks will reduce the cost of borrowing. This has a negative impact on gold as it does not earn interest income.
The volume of car imports from China to the European Union for the first time exceeded the export of European car products to China, Ernst & Young (EY) – one of the world’s largest audit and consulting companies – reported.
Since the beginning of 2026, 5,083 people have found jobs through the territorial subdivisions of the National Employment Agency, of which about 1,276 are officially registered unemployed.
Moldovan scientists and researchers are invited to more actively utilize the opportunities for cooperation with the EU in the field of science and innovation through the Office of the Republic of Moldova for Science and Technology to the EU (MOST).
Millwall Football Club, playing in the second division of the English Championship, has agreed with the Borough Council of Lewisham (London) to enter into a 999-year lease agreement for The Den stadium and the surrounding area, according to Logos Press.
The state enterprise Poșta Moldovei continues to modernize its infrastructure. The company purchased 10 new Fiat Doblo Maxi 2025 vehicles.
Users of Meta Corporation’s products (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) have been officially notified of the closure of Horizon Worlds, a platform that was positioned as a meta universe, Logos Press reports.
Xiaomi (China) has launched its flagship AI model MiMo V2 Pro, which has beaten DeepSeek V3.2, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and DeepSeek V3.2 in the rankings on the “OpenRouter” platform even before its official release, according to Logos Press.
The Ministry of Education and Research announced the launch of two initiatives aimed at making reading for schoolchildren an interesting and attractive creative experience. MDL 7 million has been allocated for this purpose: MDL 6.5 million will be used to renovate school libraries with 60,000 new books, and MDL 500,000 will be used to launch “literary laboratories”.
Moldova ranked 101st in the Index of Economic Freedom 2026 out of 184 states. This rating has been compiled for 32 years by the American research center The Heritage Foundation. It is determined on the basis of 12 quantitative and qualitative indicators organized in 4 main groups.
For the second year in a row, Kernel Agroholding has maintained absolute leadership in the country’s two key export categories – cereals and sunflower oil – and holds the first position in the overall ranking. In the structure of Ukraine’s exports, every tenth dollar is Kernel’s contribution.
The price of gold went down this week – on March 18 it fell below $5000 per ounce and lost another 3% in the following days. But this is not due to a loss of confidence in the “eternal” precious metal, but just the opposite. Due to high liquidity, investors are urgently selling gold to cover losses as a result of the energy crisis and falling markets.
Daily altcoin turnover on Binance has collapsed 80% from its peak to $7.7 billion, signaling waning investor interest, a Darkfost analyst said.
On March 18-19, the Romanian capital hosted the East Gate Strategic Forum, the founding act of the European Group for Territorial Cooperation (GECT – Grupării Europene de Cooperare Teritorială).
The proclamation of the agri-food sector as a national priority and the allocation of at least 15% of the state budget of the Republic of Moldova for its development is the first point of the resolution of the Association “Moldova Fruct”, adopted at the jubilee (20th since its creation) annual general meeting of the organization’s members.
Modernization of public services, cloud infrastructure development, security and digital sovereignty were key topics of discussion during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmochescu and the leadership of technology giants Amazon Web Services, IBM and Widelity Inc. Washington. They also discussed the use of new technologies, including artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to improve governance and economic efficiency.
Economic analyst Veaceslav Ionita drew attention to a worrying trend: the quality of the mortgage lending market is deteriorating in Moldova.
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia at a meeting on March 20 reduced the key rate by 50 basis points, down to 15%. This is reported by RBC with reference to the regulator. This is the seventh consecutive rate cut in the current cycle of monetary policy easing, which started in June 2025.
The GTC 2026 Nvidia conference, held from March 16 to 19 in San Jose and attended by thousands of developers, investors and the world’s largest technology companies, cemented Nvidia’s status as the central architect of the global AI industry. The event, which a few years ago was perceived as an industry forum, today actually sets the agenda for the entire technology market – from cloud computing to enterprise software, according to Reuters.
After three-hour talks with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, U.S. Special Envoy John Cole said that President Donald Trump calls Lukashenko his friend and a respected world leader.
