20 May 2019
Experts on submitted suspicious banknotes and coins in the past year found counterfeit denars, US dollars and euros, shows the latest report by the National Bank. From a total of 1,031 probes into suspicious foreign currency, 919 were counterfeit while 112 were original. In the total number of counterfeit notes, the most common was the […]
16 May 2019
The committee for operational monetary policy at the National Bank, yesterday decided that the interest rate on central bank bills will remain at the same level of 2.25% due to a favorable shift in the economy. “In regard to the latest macroeconomic indicators, after a relatively solid growth of the economy in 2018, so far, […]
17 May 2018
Four days after his mandate expires, the Governor of the National Bank, Dimitar Bogov, withdraws from the candidacy for a second mandate, and he has already informed President Gjorge Ivanov, who proposed him for a new Govenor mandate. In a written statement to MIA, Bogov points out that he carefully followed the public debate related […]
12 February 2018
The National Bank will host a high-level international conference on Monetary Policy and Asset Management on the subject of “Global Economic Expansion, Dynamics of Inflation, Financial Stability and its Meaning for Global Asset Managing” that will take place on Friday the 16th at the Meriot hotel. “It’s for the first time in Macedonia to assemble […]
12 February 2018
The Governor of the National Bank Dimitar Bogov expects a reduction in the budget deficit, stabilization of both, the public debt and the economy during the next period, ready for possible turbulence in the world markets. “By using the favorable conditions for issuing the Eurobond, funds were provided for the middle of the next year, […]
13 December 2017
After the decline in economic activity in the first half of the year, the data for the gross domestic product (GDP) showed a moderate increase on an annual basis of 0.%, reported the National Bank in a statement. “The growth of the activity in the third quarter was due to the export and personal consumption, […]
22 July 2016
Banks will release funds to invest in the corporate sector, said the Minister of Finance Kiril Minoski, and the Governor of the National Bank of Macedonia, Dimitar Bogov after the regular session of the Committee concerning financial stability in the country. “The political crisis has had an effect that resulted in a more restrictive policy […]
1 June 2016
Foreign investment in the first three months of this year amounted to 58,7 million euros, which is 8.7 percent less than the same period last year, stated the National Bank. Most foreign investments are from Liechtenstein which comes to a total of 7,6 million euros, then Italy with 4,35 million euros, and lastly Austria with […]
8 July 2015
Until the end of June, foreign currency reserves amounted to 2,254,800,000 euros, a there is a decrease in comparison to the first quarter, when they amounted to 2,354,800,000 euros. Monetary gold reserves amount to 230 million euros, which also registered a decrease of approximately 8 million euros in comparison to the first quarter, when they […]
