The European Central Bank (ECB) expects food inflation, crucial to consumers’ perception of price stability, to stabilize just above its 2% target by the end of this year, according to Logos Press.
February 20, the National Commission on Financial Market (NCFM) approved the creation of a voluntary pension fund “ARAGONN”. The administrator of the fund is the company ARAGONN GRUP JSC, which was founded by the insurance company ASTERRA GRUP JSC.
World gold prices stabilized on Wednesday morning after a sharp decline the previous day. Investors are ambivalent about the new U.S. tariff policy, Logos Press reports.
Finance Minister Adrian Gavrilica reminded citizens that keeping cash up to 10,000 euros is considered safe and complies with international standards. Amounts above this limit “sooner or later create problems”, Logos Press reported.
The National Commission on Financial Market (NCFM) and the National Bank (NBM) have developed and submitted to the Ministry of Finance for further promotion a new draft law on central securities depositories, fundamentally changing the existing infrastructure of the domestic capital market, reports Logos Press.
Since 2024, the dollar has partially lost its role as a safe haven asset, but ING notes there has been no global decline in demand for the U.S. currency, according to Logos Press.
The volume of cash receipts at banks’ cash desks in January exceeded their disbursements by 96 million lei, down 6.8% (by 951 million lei) compared to the same month of the previous year, Logos Press reported.
The government does not support the deputies’ proposal to adjust cash limits, but the Finance Ministry has already started analyzing the application of the Cash Settlement Law and is drafting amendments to make it more efficient, Logos Press reported.
In February 2026, citizens invested 41.15 million lei through eVMS.md, failing to support January’s interest in state securities, Logos Press reported.
The beginning of 2026 is marked by a series of decisions and processes that will largely set the financial trajectory of Moldova for the coming year. The focus is on the National Bank’s policy, inflation dynamics, the state of foreign exchange reserves and the Moldovan leu exchange rate.
