The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) postponed on Friday the deadline for selling a package of 63.89% newly-issued Moldindconbank shares for three months.

In 2018, the average retirement pension size in Moldova increased by 181 lei a month and amounted to 1709 lei (US$100), while the number of pensioners decreased from 716 thousand to 703.9 thousand.

The Moldovan Communist Party (MCP) expressed indignation about the discrimination of people with disabilities, who did not benefit from raising of salaries.

Tax revenues to budgets of all levels reached 36.9 billion lei as of the beginning of January 2019, growing 4.2 billion lei (12.8%) over 2018.

The inflation in Moldova accounted for 0.9% in 2018 against 7.3% a year earlier. The real figure proved to be much higher of even the latest, October forecast of the National Bank of Moldova, which expected 3.3% and is far from its target corridor of 5% ± 1.5%.

The deficit of the Moldovan state budget exceeded 520.1 million lei (US$30.2 million) as of the beginning of December, though yet as of November 1 the state treasury revenues exceeded expenditures by 66.8 million lei, while as of October 1 – even 385.5 million lei.

Moldovan daughter of the French financial group Societe Generale - Mobiasbanca is keeping the quality of its credit portfolio high. Despite the growth of crediting volumes, the rate of unfavorable credits in the bank portfolio accounted for 5.86% as of the end of October, while in the system this rate exceeds 12%.

Romania transferred another tranche of assistance worth 3 million euros for repairing and modernization of kindergartens in Moldova, announced Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) recalled its administrator from the Moldindconbank. Aurel Cincilei, appointed to the MICB in October 2016, will return to his previous post of NBM Vice President.

As of December1, social fund revenues exceeded 17.695 billion lei (US$1.04 billion), which is 1.548 billion lei more, compared with the equivalent period of 2017.

Three families, who got in difficult situations, will receive 160 thousand lei from the Government reserve fund. The decision was taken at the Monday's sitting of the Commission for Emergency Situations.

After three year anemia, commercial banks are gradually returning to fulfillment of their basic mediator functions against the background of decline in interest rates, the demand for credits is growing both from the side of individuals and from legal persons, say Expert-Grup analyst.

The Government approved on Wednesday the new methodology of calculating the salaries for public servants for transiting to a new labor remuneration system.

In conditions of problems with external financing, in particular from the EU, the base rate should remain at the previous level - 6.5%, said professional participants of the Moldovan capital market to Infotag correspondent on Wednesday morning.

The Japanese Embassy to Moldova signed on Wednesday four grant contracts worth over US$267 thousand for implementing projects within the Kusanone project of grant assistance for human security.

The National Bank of Moldova grew in November by US$3.25 million, exceeding US$3,014 billion. Meanwhile, year to date these grew by over US$211.3 million.

The glaring movements of the Moldovan leu up and down are leading to increased demand for currency from legal persons, say currency dealers, interviewed by Infotag on Tuesday morning.

Small and medium enterprises in Moldova will soon be able to improve products and services to European Union standards, as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the EU are opening new funding opportunities to upgrade firms' operations.

The next sitting of the National Bank of Moldova Executive Committee will take place on December 12, but not December 4, as it was planned before.

Finance Minister Octavian Armasu was appointed as new President of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) on Thursday by votes of 54 of 58 present deputies of the Parliament.