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In order to ensure and maintain price stability over the medium term, the National Bank’s aim will be to keep inflation (measured by Consumer Price Index) at the level of 5.0 percent annually with a possible deviation of ± 1.5 percentage points, considered to be optimal for growth and development of Moldova's economy over the medium-term.
National Bank shall have the exclusive right to issue on the territory of the Republic of Moldova banknotes and coins as legal tender, as well as commemorative and jubilee banknotes and coins as legal tender and for numismatic purposes.
National Bank is exclusively responsible for the licencing, supervision and regulation of financial institutions activity.
National Bank of Moldova acts as banker and fiscal agent of the State and shall receive from state bodies economic and financial information and documents, which are necessary for carrying out its tasks.
National Bank of Moldova supervises the payment system of the Republic of Moldova and promotes a stable and efficient functioning of the automated inter-bank payment system
National Bank of Moldova is an autonomous public legal entity and is responsible to the Parliament.
National Bank shall inform the public on the monetary policy strategy on the results of the macroeconomic analysis, the evolution of the financial market and on statistics, including with regard to monetary supply, crediting, balance of payments and the state of the foreign exchange market.
National Bank of Moldova is responsable for the compilation of the balance of payments, international investment position and the statistics of the external debt of the Republic of Moldova.
Balance of payments for 2016 (final data)
According to final data, in 2016, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 285.58 million (down by 38.9 percent as compared to 2015), the capital account registered a deficit of US$ 20.79 million and the financial account recorded a net inflow of US$ 214.56 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2016 / 2015 (%) |
|
|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-643.62 |
-490.31 |
-567.69 |
-467.72 |
-285.58 |
61.1 |
|
Goods |
-3,067.87 |
-3,138.41 |
-3,040.71 |
-2,123.47 |
-2,087.98 |
98.3 |
|
Services |
107.91 |
154.50 |
121.25 |
125.02 |
218.20 |
174.5 |
|
Primary income |
810.09 |
894.13 |
822.33 |
450.11 |
460.65 |
102.3 |
|
Secondary income |
1,506.25 |
1,599.47 |
1,529.44 |
1,080.62 |
1,123.55 |
104.0 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
21.23 |
107.10 |
147.18 |
54.87 |
-20.79 |
- |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account balance) |
-622.39 |
-383.21 |
-420.51 |
-412.85 |
-306.37 |
74.2 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-508.77 |
-298.40 |
-500.81 |
-458.05 |
-214.56 |
46.8 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-224.17 |
-211.12 |
-301.02 |
-209.12 |
-74.68 |
35.7 |
|
Portfolio investment, net |
-21.34 |
-2.98 |
-7.23 |
-4.04 |
-0.36 |
8.9 |
|
Financial derivatives, net |
0.12 |
-0.11 |
-0.61 |
-0.70 |
0.49 |
- |
|
Other investment, net |
-762.03 |
-366.24 |
346.50 |
62.30 |
-671.15 |
- |
|
Reserve assets |
498.65 |
282.05 |
-538.45 |
-306.49 |
531.14 |
- |
|
Net errors and omissions |
113.62 |
84.81 |
-80.30 |
-45.20 |
91.81 |
- |
Time series are available starting from 1995 for the balance of payments according to BPM5 and from 2009 for the balance of payments according to BPM6:
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