As the Ministry of Finance reported to the InfoMarket news agency, specifically, for the first 7 months of 2026, net external financing was positive at $131.95 million, as the volume of new loans received from January through July 2026 totaled $248.48 million, exceeding principal payments on external debt for the same period ($116.53 million). At the same time, during the first 7 months of 2026, the negative impact of fluctuations in the U.S. dollar exchange rate against other currencies amounted to $86.61 million, and as a result, from January through July 2026, external public debt in dollar terms increased by $45.34 million (+0.9%), totaling $4,855.95 million as of July 31. At the same time, compared to the same period of the previous year, it increased by $294.5 million (+6.5%), as it stood at $4 billion 561.45 million as of June 30, 2025. It should be noted that Moldova's external public debt in 2025 increased by $620.32 million (+14.8%), reaching $4,810.61 million as of December 31. // 19.08.2026 — InfoMarket.