News about Macroeconomics
Since the EUR became the base currency of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) for determining the exchange rate of the MDL and conducting currency interventions (January 2, 2025), the country’s national currency has depreciated by 5.58%.
Elon Musk continues to surprise and shock. In a post on X early Monday morning, the billionaire responded to X user Bojan Tunguz, who wrote that he has “a fact-based feeling that we will have a full-fledged general artificial intelligence” (AGI) by the end of this year.
French President Emmanuel Macron has just delivered what may be Europe’s most significant security speech since the end of the Cold War. Drawing on lessons from the long cycle of conflict that began four years ago in Ukraine, Macron announced sweeping changes to France’s nuclear doctrine and unveiled a new framework for nuclear cooperation with key European allies.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is “at war” amid Iranian attacks but will come out of this situation stronger than before, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said. Abu Dhabi TV and Emirates News Agency quoted excerpts from the president’s first statement since the start of hostilities.
Poland’s central bank governor has unveiled a proposal to raise up to 48 billion zloty ($13 billion) from the sale of gold reserves to finance defense spending as part of a plan backed by the country’s president.
Scientists from the University of Oulu (Finland) have developed epoxy and polyester resins based on sawdust, straw and other organic waste, which have greater strength compared to materials made of petroleum, Logos Press reports.
US President Donald Trump said today that Iran could be hit “very hard” and the list of potential targets for attacks could be expanded.
The Chinese government has said it will actively use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to distribute 12.7 million university graduates into the labor market in 2026. The figure is a record: it exceeds the population of countries such as Belgium.
The first signs of gas supply problems have appeared in Europe: Transnistria, which broke away from Moldova, warns of gas shortages. The situation is likely to deteriorate further if LNG supplies from the Middle East are not resumed soon, which is an extremely unlikely scenario at the moment.
The global gold market in early March 2026 demonstrates sharp volatility: after growth, quotes have moved to decline. The main factors were the strengthening of the US dollar and geopolitical tensions.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Finance, the domestic public debt has been growing steadily since the beginning of the year. In January, it increased by 1.9 billion lei and in February by another 1.7 billion lei, amounting to 55.7 billion lei.
US President Donald Trump has refused to comment on media reports that Iran is receiving intelligence from Russia for strikes on US troop positions.
According to the latest data from the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), as of February 27, 2026, official foreign exchange reserves continued their downward trend, decreasing by 61.01 million euros to 5,019.69 million euros. Despite the decrease, the volume of reserves remained high, supporting the financial stability of the country.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, employment of the population decreased and the number of jobs decreased. This is evidenced by the data of the National Bureau of Statistics.
At this year’s Munich Security Conference, transatlanticism was finally buried, but it remains unclear whether Europeans realized this.
EU countries are finalizing the implementation of a minimum corporate tax rate of 15% for the largest multinational companies (global minimum tax (Pillar Two) and are beginning to consider a flat tax “on wealth”.
Countries in the Gulf region will lose between $34 billion and $56 billion in tourism revenue in 2026, with the number of international arrivals to the region dropping to 11-27% year-on-year, according to Logos Press.
Oil quotations continue to grow amid the conflict in the Middle East. Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Qaabi warned that the price of oil could rise to $150 per barrel.
In an attempt to stop the fall of the Indian rupee amid rising oil prices and increasing geopolitical tensions, the Reserve Bank of India conducted a large-scale currency intervention. After the regulator’s intervention, the national currency strengthened, but analysts warn that the pressure on the market may persist.
On the evening of March 4, at a dinner in Brussels, EU ambassadors told the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that they did not support the EC’s idea of Ukraine’s accelerated membership in the EU and urged the commission to present “more realistic” plans.
