National Bank of Moldova publishes October 2025 aggregated foreign currency assets, liabilities and open FX position data for licensed banks

The National Bank of Moldova published its monthly aggregated dataset on licensed banks’ foreign currency assets and liabilities and the banking system’s open foreign exchange position, compiled from banks’ open FX position reports submitted under the central bank’s open foreign exchange position regulation. The release also describes the composition of FX assets and liabilities, including on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet items and exposures in Moldovan lei linked to foreign exchange rates. For October 2025, total foreign currency assets stood at MDL 52,933,193,578 at month-end, versus total foreign currency liabilities of MDL 52,651,853,549. Key asset components included foreign currency loans of MDL 18,026,519,883, mandatory reserves in foreign currency placed at the National Bank of Moldova of MDL 13,727,875,288, and foreign currency liquid assets of MDL 17,750,850,827. On the liability side, client current accounts in foreign currency totalled MDL 25,421,260,496 and client term deposits in foreign currency MDL 17,313,813,524. The system’s open FX position at month-end showed long positions of MDL 450,872,178, primarily in euros (MDL 374,568,006), and short positions of MDL -169,532,476, mainly in US dollars (MDL -116,177,684) and euros (MDL -41,918,949); total normative capital was MDL 24,421,438,813, with the reported open position ratios including 1.53% (long EUR) and -0.48% (short USD). The National Bank of Moldova indicated that it publishes this information monthly by the last day of the month following the reporting month.