News about Macroeconomics

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry protested to Armenia after the statements of Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan, who accused Russia of attempting to change the power in Armenia and said that the country “will not be governed like Belarus”.

Moldova’s state social insurance budget deficit continues to shrink and, according to forecasts, could fall to about 1.9 billion lei by 2028 from about 3.6 billion lei at present.

Some reforms included in Moldova’s Economic Growth Plan are being implemented late, but the authorities claim that they will be caught up, and the 1.9 billion euro tranches of European financing, albeit late, will still be received.

India will be the main driver of the world economy in the coming years, while the center of global growth is finally shifting to Asia. This is the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its updated World Economic Outlook.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Alina Iancu, will visit Moldova from May 7 to 20, 2026. The purpose of the visit is to coordinate policies under the new program.

Starting from the third quarter of 2024, Moldova entered an unprecedented zone: food imports exceeded exports.

World central banks in March 2026 reduced total gold reserves by 30 tons. This is stated in the report of the World Gold Council (WGC).

Tensions in the Gulf region and volatility in energy markets may lead to a further downward revision of the GDP forecast. According to Eugeniu Osmokescu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization, the recent downward revision of the economic growth forecast from 3.3% to 2.2% for this year is not the last.

The Romanian leu weakened to a new historic low against the euro on Monday, according to the National Bank of Romania (NBR).

Moldova continues to advance on the European integration path and the political support for this course remains steady. This was stated by MEP Siegfried Muresan in the context of the 17th meeting of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee, held in Brussels on Tuesday, May 5.

There is a link between the accession process of Moldova and Ukraine. The accession process of Ukraine is very sensitive. However, Hungary may give an answer regarding Moldova’s accession by the end of June this year. This was stated by Romanian President Nicusor Dan, who expressed hope that “the answer will be positive”.

The revenues to the national public budget, administered by the State Tax Service, according to the operational information of the authority, amounted to about 28.7 billion lei in the first 4 months of 2026. This represents an increase of 3.4 billion lei or 13.3% compared to the same period of the previous year.

Operation Project Freedom began this morning in the Persian Gulf. On the personal orders of President Donald Trump, U.S. and international coalition forces began removing hundreds of foreign ships trapped in the largest maritime crisis of the decade.

Former Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says that today’s Moldovan economy is not in a state of growth, but is just trying to recover from the crises of the last years.

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to significantly reduce the number of US troops stationed in Germany.

NEW YORK – As the economic consequences of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against Iran become clear, policymakers around the world are losing patience. That became abundantly clear at the recent spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, D.C., where British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves bemoaned the “madness” of a war that is “not ours.”

The world market of elite housing is slowing down, but it is not going into a decline phase. In 2026, prices in 30 key cities will grow by an average of 1.3% against 1.8% a year earlier, according to a report by Savills analysts.

The crypto asset is up nearly 3% in the last 24 hours.

The withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from OPEC signals a strategic reversal and calls into question Gulf coordination and the future of the cartel.

The U.S. national debt has exceeded 100% of GDP, reaching $31.27 trillion for the first time since 1946. Thus, the country is rapidly approaching the historical record debt-to-GDP ratio of 106%, set in 1946. Now the U.S. national debt is $31.27 trillion, the volume of the economy – $31.22 trillion