Acba Bank will act as a market maker for dram-denominated bonds of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the Armenia Securities Exchange (ASE), ensuring their liquidity in the secondary market, the bank's press service reported.
During the two-day exhibition held in Monte Carlo, Armenia and Armenian products were showcased to the international community, ranging from fine jewelry and diamond manufacturing to innovative banking solutions.
Yesterday, the Central Bank of Armenia raised its monetary policy rate for the first time in over three years. After setting the rate at 10.75% in December 2022, it remained unchanged for several months, and in June 2023, the Central Bank began a gradual rate reduction cycle.
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.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
Thanks to significant remittance and capital inflows, gross reserves in Armenia rose to a record $6.5 billion in August, equivalent to 4.3 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices account for 57% of inflation, despite a slowdown in their growth rate from 8.6% in June to 6.4% in August, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
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
Acba Bank will act as a market maker for dram-denominated bonds of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the Armenia Securities Exchange (ASE), ensuring their liquidity in the secondary market, the bank's press service reported.
During the two-day exhibition held in Monte Carlo, Armenia and Armenian products were showcased to the international community, ranging from fine jewelry and diamond manufacturing to innovative banking solutions.
Yesterday, the Central Bank of Armenia raised its monetary policy rate for the first time in over three years. After setting the rate at 10.75% in December 2022, it remained unchanged for several months, and in June 2023, the Central Bank began a gradual rate reduction cycle.
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.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
Thanks to significant remittance and capital inflows, gross reserves in Armenia rose to a record $6.5 billion in August, equivalent to 4.3 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices account for 57% of inflation, despite a slowdown in their growth rate from 8.6% in June to 6.4% in August, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
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
Private money transfers sent to Armenia for non-commercial purposes in October 2018 grew by 8.6% from the year before to more than $177.1 million, the Central Bank said
At the end of October 2018, deposits in Armenian banks were worth 2.852.4 trillion drams, having increased by 40 billion drams or 1.4% from the previous month
Private money transfers sent to Armenia through the banks for non-commercial purposes in 2017 October increased by 19.4% from the same month in 2016 to more than $162.9 million, the Central Bank of Armenia said
Armenia’s gross international reserves totaled $2 118.8 million in late October 2017 after growing 1.2% or by $25.9 million over one month, according to the central bank’s figures
Residents’ deposits at Armenia’s commercial banks grew 1.8% in October 2016, compared with the previous month, to AMD 1 667 billion, the National Statistical Service reported on Thursday
Armenia's gross foreign reserves in late October, 2016 stood at $1. 839.1 billion, having increased over the month by 0.9% or $17.4 million, the Central Bank said
The share of non-performing and written out from banks’ balances assets reached 6% in October 2014 after growing 0.12% over one year, the Central bank of Armenia reports at its official website
Loans extended by Armenian commercial banks to residents totaled AMD 1 817.3 billion in late October 2014 after growing 7.9% since the beginning of this year, the Central Bank of Armenia reports at its official website
Armenia’s Eurobond transactions amounted to $2.6 million in the secondary market in October, compared to $3.4 million in the month before, the Central Bank of Armenia reports in its monthly information bulletin for October 2014
