The National Bank of Moldova has opened an “experimental statistics” section and published an initial set of experimental quarterly financial accounts for the Republic of Moldova for the first quarter of 2025. Preliminary estimates show the economy’s net financing capacity/requirement stood at -MDL 18,326 million, a deterioration of MDL 8,813 million versus the first quarter of 2024, equivalent to 5.6% of GDP. The net financing requirement as a share of GDP rose by 2.5 percentage points compared with the same period a year earlier, driven mainly by a higher net financing requirement in the household sector (S.14+S.15), which increased from 1.9% of GDP to 4.9%. The experimental release includes “from-whom-to-whom” matrices for net transactions, dynamic series, sectoral data, compilation methodology for financial accounts and sectoral balance sheets, and additional information on sectoral balance sheets. The National Bank of Moldova notes that experimental statistics may differ from official statistics in areas such as harmonisation, coverage and methodology, and it plans to incorporate the results into its official statistics after a limited experimental period, using user feedback to improve data quality, coverage and dissemination timing.
National Bank of Moldova 2025-08-13
National Bank of Moldova launches experimental statistics section and publishes Q1 2025 financial accounts data
The National Bank of Moldova has launched an "experimental statistics" section, releasing initial quarterly financial accounts for Q1 2025. The data shows a net financing requirement of -MDL 18,326 million, a deterioration of MDL 8,813 million from Q1 2024, equating to 5.6% of GDP. The experimental release includes detailed matrices and methodologies, with plans to refine and integrate findings into official statistics based on user feedback.