With the support of the Stepan Gishyan Charitable Foundation, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute has received 120 radio guides and 45 new audio guides.
On September 1, students of the “Orran” charitable NGO welcomed the new academic year with all the necessary school supplies, with the support of “The Power of One Dram” initiative.
Unibank has launched a new promotion for Arca U-Teenageр cardholders, with the grand prize of AMD 1 500 000 to participate in a summer educational program at one of the leading universities abroad.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
Armenia's financial agenda this week focused on capital market development, macroeconomic indicators, and attracting international financing for government programs.
Significant gaps in climate risk management, ESG competencies, information disclosure, and climate data continue to limit private sector investment in Armenia, according to the International Monetary Fund's "Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic - July 2026" report, published on September 3, 2026.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved a draft loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for €80 million as part of the "Armenia Economic Transformation Program."
In the Armenian consumer market, 12-month inflation in August of this year amounted to 4.4%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
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
With the support of the Stepan Gishyan Charitable Foundation, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute has received 120 radio guides and 45 new audio guides.
On September 1, students of the “Orran” charitable NGO welcomed the new academic year with all the necessary school supplies, with the support of “The Power of One Dram” initiative.
Unibank has launched a new promotion for Arca U-Teenageр cardholders, with the grand prize of AMD 1 500 000 to participate in a summer educational program at one of the leading universities abroad.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
Armenia's financial agenda this week focused on capital market development, macroeconomic indicators, and attracting international financing for government programs.
Significant gaps in climate risk management, ESG competencies, information disclosure, and climate data continue to limit private sector investment in Armenia, according to the International Monetary Fund's "Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic - July 2026" report, published on September 3, 2026.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved a draft loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for €80 million as part of the "Armenia Economic Transformation Program."
In the Armenian consumer market, 12-month inflation in August of this year amounted to 4.4%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
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 Asian Development Bank has revised upwards the growth forecast for Armenia in fiscal year 2021 to 5.2%, from 1.8% predicted earlier, according to its latest Asian Development Outlook 2021 report, released on September 22.
Armenian Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan, in an interview with Azatutyun Radio, suggested not to consider the devaluation of the dram as a catastrophe, but instead to take into account things in neighboring countries
Deputy Director, Fund Manager of Amundi-ACBA Asset Management CJSC Hrayr Aslanyan has assessed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the world economy and Armenia's behavior in these conditions
Armenia's banking sector was quick to respond to the situation caused by the spread of coronavirus, Mher Abrahamyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia, said today
Armenia is currently in the stage of spreading a new type of coronavirus, but, unlike Russia, it is closer to the end of this stage, Armen Yeghiazaryan, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Theory and Problems of Transition Economics of the Russian-Armenian University and Former Minister of Economy of Armenia, said in his article "Analysis and Forecast of the Spread of Coronavirus in the World as of April 2, 2020," posted on the university’s website. "As of April 3, the incidence rate in Armenia was 248 people per million people," he said
The damage to the Armenian economy from the coronavirus in the base scenario will amount to $ 1.53 billion (or 11.2% of the 2019 GDP), according to a study by Vahram Avanesyan, a former minister of economy of Armenia, published on the website of the Russian-Armenian University
Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Khachatryan met with representatives of the World Bank’s Trade Promotion and Quality Infrastructure program on Tuesday and discussed with them the criteria and studies arranged yet with the previous mission
The Central Bank of Armenia reported Wednesday that it has no connection with the expo ‘Banks, Loans, Investments and Economy’, despite the event organizers has used the logo of the regulator
Armenia's economic performance can not deteriorate to an extent as to pose a threat to the government, Minister of Economic Development and Investments Artsvik Minasyan said today
A recent study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) titled, 'Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the Last 20 Years?’ estimates Armenia’s informal (shadow) economy at 36% of its overall GDP
