Within the framework of the second international conference "Global Gateway" in Brussels, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso.
The international rating agency Moody's has assigned Armenian Acba Bank a long-term national and foreign currency deposit rating, along with an issuer rating of Ba3, which comes with a stable outlook, as reported by the bank's press service.
Istak Distillery is crafting the Armenian calvados "Сharline" from apples that have matured under the Armenian sun, utilizing French technology, as reported by the press service of Aсba Bank.
During a meeting held on Thursday, the Armenian government decided to extend the final access period for loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
With the backing of VTB (Armenia), a concert featuring Maestro Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra took place at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
In the first half of 2025, foreign investment inflow into the real sector of the Armenian economy reached 47,955.2 million drams, which is a decrease of 59,317.5 million drams compared to the same period in 2024.
In its weekly macroeconomic review, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has maintained its forecast for consumer price growth in Armenia, indicating that it will remain within the target range set by the Central Bank for this year.
In the Armenian consumer market, 12-month inflation in September of this year amounted to 3.7%, according to a report from the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Effective January 1, 2026, the cashback rate for pensioners and benefit recipients on cashless transactions for purchases and housing and utility services will rise to 20%, up from the current 12%, as announced by Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Within the framework of the second international conference "Global Gateway" in Brussels, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso.
The international rating agency Moody's has assigned Armenian Acba Bank a long-term national and foreign currency deposit rating, along with an issuer rating of Ba3, which comes with a stable outlook, as reported by the bank's press service.
Istak Distillery is crafting the Armenian calvados "Сharline" from apples that have matured under the Armenian sun, utilizing French technology, as reported by the press service of Aсba Bank.
During a meeting held on Thursday, the Armenian government decided to extend the final access period for loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
With the backing of VTB (Armenia), a concert featuring Maestro Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra took place at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
In the first half of 2025, foreign investment inflow into the real sector of the Armenian economy reached 47,955.2 million drams, which is a decrease of 59,317.5 million drams compared to the same period in 2024.
In its weekly macroeconomic review, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has maintained its forecast for consumer price growth in Armenia, indicating that it will remain within the target range set by the Central Bank for this year.
In the Armenian consumer market, 12-month inflation in September of this year amounted to 3.7%, according to a report from the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Effective January 1, 2026, the cashback rate for pensioners and benefit recipients on cashless transactions for purchases and housing and utility services will rise to 20%, up from the current 12%, as announced by Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
YEREVAN, Jan. 12. /ARKA/. Armenia's aggregate national debt as of November 30, 2021 stood at $9.159.275 billion, having decreased by $49.940 million from October 30, 2021, according to the country’s National Statistical Committee (NSC). In late December 2020, the country’s national debt stood at $7.968.486 billion.
The national debt in dram equivalent grew by 49.962.3 billion from October, 2021 to 4 trillion 450 billion drams as of November 30, 2021.
Armenia’s foreign debt dropped by $56.2 million in one month to $6.650.584 billion in late November 2021, while the domestic debt increased by $6.262 million to $2.508.692 billion. In dram equivalent, the external debt rose by 26.750.3 billion to 3 trillion 231 billion drams, while the domestic debt increased by 23.212.0 billion drams to 1 trillion 218 billion drams.
The government's external debt decreased by $48.191 million to $6.184.311 billion as of November 2021. In dram equivalent it increased by 26.819.8 billion and reached 3.004 trillion. The Central Bank’s debt decreased by $8.011 million to $466.273 million.
Of the domestic debt about $2.345.336 billion were owed to resident holders of government bonds (a decrease of $13.006 mln from the previous month). Also, some $154.004 million were owed to holders of foreign-currency denominated government bonds (increase of $18.445 mln).
Armenian Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan said in October 2021 that Armenia’s national debt was supposed to grow to 4 trillion 740 billion drams in late 2022 or 60.2% of GDP. According to him, the foreign debt will make 69% of the total national debt by the end of 2022. Some 51.1% of the national debt will be financed by foreign loans, 30.1% by state and treasury bonds and 18.7% by foreign currency bonds. -0-
Armenia's national debt at the end of 2022 will amount to 4 trillion 740 billion drams or 60.2% of GDP, Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan said today
The Armenian government's debt by the end of 2020 will make 65% of GDP, and in 2021 it will slightly decrease to 63%, Finance Minister Atom Janjughazyan said on Monday, presenting the draft state budget for 2021 to parliamentary commissions
Armenia will increase its debt burden by 260 billion drams amid COVID-19, the budget deficit in 2020 may amount to 324 billion drams, Finance Minister Atom Janjughazyan said at an extraordinary parliamentary meeting convened Tuesday to revise budget indicators
Armenia’s state debt amounted to $6 765.5 million in late November after growing 0.61 or by $41.4 million over one month, the National Statistical Committee reports
The Armenian government’s debt service will need AMD 356.9 billion ($737.3 million) in 2019, the country’s finance ministry says in its 2019 annual borrowings program available on its website
Armenian government’s debt in 2019 will amount to $6.913 billion or 49.8% of GDP, by $465 million more than in the outgoing year, the Ministry of Finance said in the annual loan program for next year, published on its official website
There are risks that further tightening of financial conditions or higher risk aversion may lead to higher financing costs for rolling over Armenia’s debt on foreign markets, Yulia Ustyugova, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia
