National Bank of Moldova publishes May 2026 banking system foreign currency position showing MDL 56.9 billion in FX assets

The National Bank of Moldova published its monthly aggregated data on licensed banks’ foreign currency assets, liabilities and open foreign exchange positions for May 2026. At month-end, total foreign currency assets stood at MDL 56.93 billion and total foreign currency liabilities at MDL 56.57 billion. The banking system reported MDL 549.6 million in long open positions and MDL 189.7 million in short open positions. Balance sheet items dominated both sides of the position, accounting for 99.7% of foreign currency assets and 99.6% of foreign currency liabilities. The largest asset components were foreign currency cash and placements at MDL 19.94 billion, foreign currency loans at MDL 20.55 billion and required reserves placed with the National Bank of Moldova at MDL 11.86 billion. On the liability side, customer current accounts in foreign currency totaled MDL 27.72 billion, customer term deposits MDL 18.53 billion and other customer foreign currency deposits MDL 5.63 billion. Euro was the largest open-position currency on both sides, with a long position of MDL 467.3 million and a short position of MDL 99.5 million. Total regulatory capital was MDL 23.40 billion, and the reported open-position ratios ranged from 2.00% for long euro positions to -0.43% for short euro positions. The release states that the data are compiled from licensed banks’ reports on their open foreign exchange positions under the applicable bank open foreign exchange position regulation. The information is published monthly by the end of the month following the reporting month.