In the first half of 2023, the Moldovan leu strengthened against the dollar by 4.6%, and against the euro - by 2%.
Such data are provided by the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization, noting that if on January 1, 2023 the exchange rate of the Moldovan leu against the US dollar was 19.1579 lei/$, then on June 30 of this year it was 18.2774 lei/$ . At the same time, according to the NBM, the exchange rate of the leu against the euro was 20.3792 lei per euro as of January 1, 2023, and 19.9690 lei per euro as of June 30, 2023. The main factors that influenced the exchange rate were the following: fluctuations in the US dollar and euro in international currency markets; the supply of foreign currency exceeded its demand in the domestic foreign exchange market; interventions of the National Bank of Moldova in the domestic foreign currency market in the form of foreign currency purchases. // 01.09.2023 — InfoMarket
