At its meeting on Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly's Committee on Economic Affairs approved draft amendments to the RA Tax Code and the Law "On State Duty," which provide for changes in taxation of the banking sector.
Summer is already in the air across Yerevan. People are choosing to walk more, work from open-air cafés, meet friends outdoors, or simply pause for a few minutes to enjoy their favorite iced latte.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Net non-commercial remittances in Armenia increased by 11.7% year-on-year in March, following a 5.2% year-on-year increase in February, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
Inflation in Armenia continued to rise in April amid tensions due to the Middle East conflict and in supply chains, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
From January to April 2026, the Yerevan budget actually received 31.6 billion drams of its planned 28.5 billion drams in revenues, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly's Committee on Economic Affairs approved draft amendments to the RA Tax Code and the Law "On State Duty," which provide for changes in taxation of the banking sector.
Summer is already in the air across Yerevan. People are choosing to walk more, work from open-air cafés, meet friends outdoors, or simply pause for a few minutes to enjoy their favorite iced latte.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Net non-commercial remittances in Armenia increased by 11.7% year-on-year in March, following a 5.2% year-on-year increase in February, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
Inflation in Armenia continued to rise in April amid tensions due to the Middle East conflict and in supply chains, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
From January to April 2026, the Yerevan budget actually received 31.6 billion drams of its planned 28.5 billion drams in revenues, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
The official rate of monetization of Armenia’s economy doesn’t reflect real things at the money market because shady dealings are commonplace here, Bagrat Asatryan, a former chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, said today
Bagrat Asatryan, former chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, speaking Thursday at a news conference, said the country’s trade deficit is set to grow further because the country’s imports exceed exports 4 times.
Bagrat Asatryan, the director general of Garni Invest Universal Credit Organization and a former chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, thinks Armenia will record 15-percent economic decline in 2009.
