The National Bank of Moldova published its monthly aggregated statistics on licensed banks’ foreign currency assets and liabilities and the banking system’s open foreign exchange position for August 2025. The banking-system table shows total foreign currency assets of MDL 52.48bn at end-month (MDL 52.04bn monthly average) and total foreign currency liabilities of MDL 52.31bn (MDL 51.77bn), alongside total regulatory capital of MDL 23.77bn. Foreign currency assets comprised MDL 49.49bn of on-balance sheet foreign currency assets, MDL 2.69bn of leu-denominated assets linked to foreign currency exchange rates, and MDL 0.30bn of off-balance sheet conditional assets. On the liabilities side, on-balance sheet foreign currency liabilities totalled MDL 51.99bn, driven mainly by clients’ foreign currency current accounts (MDL 25.68bn) and term deposits (MDL 16.63bn), with off-balance sheet conditional liabilities of MDL 0.32bn. The reported open positions were long MDL 304.24m, mostly in euro (MDL 243.02m), and short MDL -132.03m, mainly in US dollars (MDL -92.89m), with open-position ratios to total regulatory capital including 1.02% (long euro) and -0.39% (short US dollar). The release sets out that the aggregates are compiled from banks’ open FX position reports under the open foreign exchange position regulation and are published monthly by the last day of the month following the reporting month.
National Bank of Moldova 2025-09-22
National Bank of Moldova publishes August 2025 aggregated foreign currency assets liabilities and open FX position of licensed banks
The National Bank of Moldova released its August 2025 statistics on licensed banks' foreign currency assets and liabilities, showing total foreign currency assets of MDL 52.48bn and liabilities of MDL 52.31bn. The banking system's open foreign exchange position was long MDL 304.24m, primarily in euros, and short MDL -132.03m, mainly in US dollars. These aggregates are compiled from banks' open FX position reports and published monthly.