The National Bank of Moldova released its monthly aggregated statistics on licensed banks’ foreign currency assets and liabilities, including the banking system’s aggregate open foreign exchange position, total regulatory capital and the open-position ratio, based on banks’ open FX position reports. For March 2026, total foreign currency assets stood at MDL 58,357,430,001 at month-end (MDL 57,690,063,374 monthly average) versus total foreign currency liabilities of MDL 58,001,270,252 (MDL 57,416,529,597). Balance sheet foreign currency assets accounted for 99.7% of the total and were mainly foreign currency balances (MDL 20,974,536,729), foreign currency loans (MDL 20,496,601,765) and required reserves in foreign currency placed at the central bank (MDL 12,382,111,459), while liabilities were dominated by clients’ foreign currency current accounts (MDL 29,933,373,386) and term deposits (MDL 18,394,698,300). The aggregate open FX position comprised long positions of MDL 449,292,840 and short positions of MDL -93,132,759, with the largest exposures in EUR; total regulatory capital was MDL 23,916,433,364 and the long EUR open-position ratio was 1.69%. The series is published monthly by the last day of the month following the reporting month.
National Bank of Moldova 2026-04-21
National Bank of Moldova publishes March 2026 aggregate foreign currency assets, liabilities and open FX position for licensed banks
The National Bank of Moldova published March 2026 aggregated statistics on licensed banks’ foreign currency assets and liabilities, including the banking system’s aggregate open foreign exchange position. Foreign currency assets at month-end were MDL 58.36 billion versus liabilities of MDL 58.00 billion, with the aggregate open FX position showing long positions of MDL 449.29 million and short positions of MDL 93.13 million, and a long euro open-position ratio of 1.69% against regulatory capital of MDL 23.92 billion.