Moldova’s external public debt in January-August 2021 increased by $27.08 million (+ 1.2%), amounting to $2 billion 268.5 million as of the end of August this year.
The Ministry of Finance informed that, in particular, for 8 months in 2021, net external financing had a positive value and amounted to $88.3 million, since the volume of new loans received in January-August 2021 amounted to $184.07 million and turned out to be higher than payments on the principal amount of external debt for the specified period, amounting to $95. 77 million. At the same time, for 8 months in 2021, a negative value of fluctuations in the exchange rate of the US dollar against other currencies was recorded, which amounted to $62.21 million, and as a result, in January-August 2021, the external public debt in US dollar terms increased by $27.08 million (+1.23%) - up to $2 billion 268.5 million as of August 31. It should be noted that the external public debt of Moldova in 2020 increased by $537.33 million (+ 31.5%), amounting to $2 billion 241.42 million as of December 31, 2020. // 27.09.2021 - InfoMarket
