According to information provided to the InfoMarket news agency by the Ministry of Finance, specifically, for the first 8 months of 2026, net external financing was positive at $388.25 million, as the volume of new loans received from January through August 2026 totaled $516.25 million and exceeded principal payments on external debt for the same period ($128 million). At the same time, over the first 8 months of 2026, the negative impact of fluctuations in the U.S. dollar exchange rate against other currencies amounted to $19.27 million, and as a result, from January through August 2026, external public debt in dollar terms increased by $368.98 million (+7.7%), reaching $5 billion 179.59 million as of August 31. At the same time, compared to the same period of the previous year, it increased by $468.3 million (+9.9%), as it stood at $4 billion 711.29 million as of August 31, 2025. It should be noted that Moldova's external public debt in 2025 increased by $620.32 million (+14.8%), amounting to $4,810.61 million as of December 31. // 24.09.2026 — InfoMarket.