In quarter I 2015, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 154.06  million. The capital account recorded a deficit of US$ 4.52 million.

The base rate applied on main short-term monetary policy operations, increased by 1.0 percentage points, from the level of 14.5 to 15.5 percent annually.

In January-May 2015, the total amount of money transfers from abroad made in favour of individuals of the Republic of Moldova amounted to US$ 437.82 million.

Weighted average interest rate on new loans in national currency granted in May 2015 was 13.85 percent, increasing by 2.64 percentage points compared to the same period last year.

The activity of the National Bank of Moldova on the foreign exchange market (foreign exchange interventions) is performed in strict compliance with the monetary and foreign exchange policy objectives.

The non-cash foreign exchange market of the Republic of Moldova is determined by the turnover of purchase/sale transactions of the foreign currency that have taken place on different segments of the market, except those performed by the National Bank of Moldova

According to the data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in May 2015, the consumer prices index (CPI) for the last 12 months constituted 8.1 percent, increasing by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous month and continued to exceed the upper limit of the range of variation of ± 1.5 percentage points from the 5.0 percent target.

The base rate applied on main short-term monetary policy operations,  increased by 1.0 percentage points, from 13.5 to 14.5 percent annually.

Weighted average interest rate on new loans in national currency granted in April 2015 was 13.66 percent, increasing by 2.17 percentage points compared to the same period last year.

In April 2015, monetary base  increased by MDL 106.2 million (0.4 percent) compared to March 2015 and accounted for MDL 24728.4 million.

The activity of the National Bank of Moldova on the foreign exchange market (foreign exchange interventions) is performed in strict compliance with the monetary and foreign exchange policy objectives.

In April 2015, the consumer prices index (CPI) for the last 12 months constituted 7.6 percent, increasing by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous month and for the second month, after a period of three years, exceeded the upper limit of the range of variation of ± 1.5 percentage points from the 5.0 percent target.

In the first quarter of 2015, the annual rate of inflation was 6.1 percent, by 1.3 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.

Mainatining the base rate applied on main short-term monetary policy operations at the current level of 13.5 percent annually.

In the first quarter of 2015, the evolution of the indicators of the banking sector remains as a whole heavily distorted by the activities of the banks under special administration (B.C. ”BANCA SOCIALĂ” S.A., Banca de Economii S.A. and B.C. „UNIBANK” S.A.).

During 2014, the economy of the Republic of Moldova registered a slower growth compared to 2013, physical volume index of GDP accounted 104.6 percent compared to 109.4 in 2013.

The gross external debt of the Republic of Moldova as at the end of 2014 reached US$ 6,494.88 million.

The international investment position of the Republic of Moldova recorded at 12/31/2014 a net debit of US$ -5,624.29 million.

In 2014, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 639.15 million. The capital account recorded a surplus of US$ 131.90 million. The financial account recorded net inflows of US$ 581.27 million.

In February 2015, monetary base  increased by MDL 517.0 million (2.0 percent) compared to January 2015 and accounted for MDL 25873.4 million.