National Bank of Moldova publishes June 2025 banking system foreign currency position data showing MDL 50.49bn in assets and MDL 50.24bn in liabilities

The National Bank of Moldova published aggregated June 2025 data on licensed banks’ foreign currency assets and liabilities and the banking system’s open foreign exchange positions, compiled from banks’ open FX position reporting. At end-June, total foreign currency assets were MDL 50,493,582,756 and total foreign currency liabilities were MDL 50,242,937,295. Total foreign currency assets included MDL 48,032,968,925 of balance-sheet foreign currency assets, MDL 2,313,819,983 of Moldovan leu assets indexed to foreign currency, and MDL 146,793,848 of off-balance sheet (conditional) foreign currency assets. Major asset components included foreign currency liquidity (MDL 17,479,927,923), foreign currency loans (MDL 17,671,773,206) and required reserves in foreign currency placed at the National Bank of Moldova (MDL 12,981,997,448). On the liabilities side, MDL 50,071,497,340 were balance-sheet foreign currency liabilities and MDL 171,369,116 were off-balance sheet (conditional) foreign currency liabilities, with client current accounts in foreign currency at MDL 23,701,515,847 and client term deposits at MDL 16,197,043,329. The gross long open FX position was MDL 467,858,936 (including MDL 365,839,737 in euros and MDL 74,707,995 in US dollars) and the gross short position was MDL -217,213,800 (including MDL -176,525,802 in euros). Total regulatory capital was MDL 21,806,970,447 and the open FX position ratios were presented as a percentage of that capital. The National Bank of Moldova releases the aggregated information monthly by the last day of the month following the reporting month.