In April compared to March, total currency in circulation (M0) rose by 1.496 billion lei, or 7.1% to 22.432 billion lei. This is by 21.4% more than in April 2018, the National Bank of Moldova said in a press release.

Meanwhile, overall money supply was up by 1.364 billion lei, or 3.2% and amounted to 44.097 billion lei, which is an 14% increase on April 2018.

Deposits in national currency rose by 0.677 billion lei to a total 36.679 billion, making up 57.3% of the total deposits. Calculated in lei, foreign currency deposits increased by 2.341 billion to 27.358 billion lei.