In total, banks have attracted new deposits of about 25.8 billion lei, approximately 1.5 billion lei less than in March. Over two-thirds of the total came from the business environment. The BNM mentions that the new sight deposits attracted from the business environment amounted to 13.7 billion lei in national currency, at an average interest rate of about 2.6%, and just over 3.1 billion lei in foreign currency, at an average rate of about 1%.

At the same time, the term deposits of the business environment amounted to 417 million lei in national currency, at a rate of about 4%, and 261 million lei in foreign currency, at a rate of over 2%.

In the case of individuals, new sight deposits amounted to approximately 5.7 billion lei in national currency and 57 million lei in foreign currency. The new term deposits attracted from the population constituted 1.79 billion lei in national currency and 700 million lei in foreign currency.

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The net foreign currency offer from the population increased in October by 29.4 million euros. The increase represents a rise of 11.4% compared to the previous month. At the same time, the net demand for foreign currency from companies increased by 41.7 million euros, meaning it rose by 13.5%.

The imbalance between demand and supply prompted the intervention of the BNM on the local interbank market. The institution carried out net sales of 33 million euros to ensure the stable operation of the foreign exchange market.

In October, the average exchange rate of the Moldovan leu against the euro rose to 19.7110 lei for 1 euro, compared to 19.5250 lei in September.

At the same time, BNM specifies that the euro continues to be the dominant currency in the structure of the currency sold by the population. Its share has reached 73.8% of the total net supply.

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