This is stated in documents from the National Bank of Moldova regarding the latest decision by its Executive Board to raise the base rate applied to key short-term monetary policy operations by 1.5 percentage points — from 7.5% to 9% per annum. As noted, inflation in the reporting month turned out to be lower than the forecast presented in the August 2026 Inflation Review. This was primarily due to a negative deviation in the dynamics of regulated prices resulting from a delay in adjusting natural gas tariffs. // 17.09.2026 — InfoMarket.