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Schedule of reception of citizens by the Executive Board of the National Bank of Moldova.
The registration of applicants for an audience is carried out based on a written request on the subject addressed.
Anca Dragu, Governor
1st Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 606.
Vladimir Munteanu, First Deputy Governor
2nd Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 606.
Tatiana Ivanicichina, Deputy Governor
3rd Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 607.
Constantin Șchendra, Deputy Governor
4th Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 607.
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National Bank and the members of its decision-making bodies shall be independent in exercising the tasks conferred upon them by law, and shall neither seek nor take instructions from public authorities or from any other authority.
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.
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Inflation Report no.3, August 2013
The business cycle is the upward and downward movements of levels of GDP and refers to the period of expansions and contractions in the level of economic activities around its long-term growth trend. These fluctuations typically involve shifts over time between periods of relatively rapid economic growth (expansion), and periods of relative stagnation or decline (recession).
Business cycles are usually measured by considering the growth rate of real gross domestic product and these fluctuations in economic activity are not regular or mechanical.
Due to the slow adjustment of nominal rigidities, the economic cycles are possible, so that the monetary discrepancies that may affect only the demand lead to causing fluctuations in economic activity. Fluctuations can be explained by the markets that are not without imperfections and asymmetries. The shocks that can impact business cycles are technological shocks and the aggregate fluctuations are generated by the optimal decisions of businesses and households.
Business cycles present deviations of real output from its long term trend.
Macroeconomic variables can have multiple types of actions on business cycles. Classification of macroeconomic variables in relation to their relationship with business cycles has the following form:
Table no.1. Macroeconomic variables relationship with business cycles
Variable |
Direction |
Production Industrial production Sustainable industrial goods are more volatile compared to Consumer goods and services |
Procyclical |
Expenses
Investments are more volatile than consumption |
Procyclical
|
Labor market variables
|
Procyclical |
Money supply and Inflation
|
Procyclical |
Financial variables
|
Procyclical |
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