The National Bank of Moldova published monthly data showing official reserve assets of EUR 5,070.24 million at 30 June 2025, up EUR 221.49 million from EUR 4,848.75 million at 30 May 2025. Net external assets rose to EUR 5,034.91 million (from EUR 4,810.60 million), while the cumulative change from end-2024 remained negative at EUR 177.22 million for official reserves and EUR 169.29 million for net external assets. The monthly increase mainly reflected EUR 336.25 million of inflows for the Ministry of Finance, including EUR 270.00 million in European Commission budget-support lending (first tranche under the Growth Plan for Moldova), a EUR 50.00 million European Commission grant (tranche II under a sector reform performance contract), a EUR 10.08 million European Investment Bank loan, and EUR 6.17 million in investment-project loans and grants. Other positive contributions included income from reserve management (EUR 13.14 million), revaluation of securities held in the investment portfolio (EUR 2.57 million), net inflows to the Office for Management of External Assistance Programs accounts (EUR 3.08 million), the net result of domestic FX swap operations (EUR 0.13 million) and other net inflows (EUR 2.07 million). Offsetting factors included exchange-rate depreciation of reserve-component currencies against the euro (EUR 82.58 million), FX sale interventions (EUR 29.10 million), external public debt service payments (EUR 17.21 million), net outflows linked to licensed banks’ required reserves in foreign currency (EUR 3.89 million) and Ministry of Finance payments (EUR 2.97 million).

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