Events and Comments
The National Bank of Moldova kept the base rate applied to main short-term monetary policy operations unchanged at 5% per annum, but lowered the reserve requirements for banks in lei (MDL) and foreign currency by 2 p.p. and 3 p.p., respectively
05.02.2026
This decision was taken by the Executive Board of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) at its meeting on February 5. The NBM left the rates on overnight loans unchanged at 7% per annum, on overnight deposits at 3%, and on repo operations at 5.25% per annum. At the same time, the NBM lowered the reserve requirement ratio applied to funds attracted in Moldovan lei and non-convertible currency starting from the period of application from February 16 to March 15, from 20% to 18% of the calculation base, and the reserve requirement ratio applied to funds attracted in freely convertible currency...
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