At its meeting on Tuesday, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, from 6.75% to 7%.
The Central Bank of Armenia has tightened liquidity requirements for banks with large, concentrated foreign currency inflows to limit the risk of a potential outflow of funds.
Seven years ago, the Dili Town concept existed only as an idea, but today it has been realized as a complex unique in Armenia – a "city within a city."
At COP17, Acba Bank participated in a panel discussion organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) dedicated to the future of sustainable agriculture, long-term investments, and the need for environmentally responsible financing solutions.
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 net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, exceeded $2 billion in January-September 2026, compared to $1.02 billion in January-September 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
Armenia's public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2027 is projected to be 47.2%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the expected 2026 figure, according to Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's draft state budget for 2027 envisages the formation of a reserve fund of 0.3-0.6% of GDP, announced Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's fiscal policy in 2027, if economic growth remains slightly above the long-term sustainable level, will have a certain restraining effect on aggregate demand, stated Central Bank Governor Martin Galstyan, presenting the regulator's conclusion on next year's draft state budget to parliament.
Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.
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.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, from 6.75% to 7%.
The Central Bank of Armenia has tightened liquidity requirements for banks with large, concentrated foreign currency inflows to limit the risk of a potential outflow of funds.
Seven years ago, the Dili Town concept existed only as an idea, but today it has been realized as a complex unique in Armenia – a "city within a city."
At COP17, Acba Bank participated in a panel discussion organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) dedicated to the future of sustainable agriculture, long-term investments, and the need for environmentally responsible financing solutions.
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 net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, exceeded $2 billion in January-September 2026, compared to $1.02 billion in January-September 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
Armenia's public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2027 is projected to be 47.2%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the expected 2026 figure, according to Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's draft state budget for 2027 envisages the formation of a reserve fund of 0.3-0.6% of GDP, announced Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's fiscal policy in 2027, if economic growth remains slightly above the long-term sustainable level, will have a certain restraining effect on aggregate demand, stated Central Bank Governor Martin Galstyan, presenting the regulator's conclusion on next year's draft state budget to parliament.
Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.
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.
Armenia’s public debt stood at 4.394.5 trillion drams ($8.869 billion) on June 30, 2021, having grown by 229.2 billion drams ($900.6 million) from the same time span of last year, according to a report on the execution of the government budget in the first half of 2021, circulated in parliament today
Armenia's total public debt stood at $8,772.839 million in late April 2021, having grown by $120.830 million from the previous month, according to the numbers, released by the National Statistical Committee (NSC)
In 2021, the ratio of public debt to GDP will be exceeding the threshold of 60%, said Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Martin Galstyan to ARKA news agency on Tuesday
“Armenia public debt in 2019 was below 50% of its GDP, but in 2020 it grew to 63.5%, exceeding the 60% threshold laid down in the fiscal rules,' Finance Minister Atom Janjughazyan said a government meeting today.
Armenia's public debt has grown substantially in recent years due to the government's populism and incorrect calculations, economist and political scientist Hrant Mikaelyan said in an interview with Novosti-Armenia news agency
Although Armenia's public debt grew by 13.9% in 2020 to 67.3% of GDP, it remains within manageable limits, Alexey Kuznetsov, the head of the Country Analysis Center at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said on Wednesday
Armenia's overall public debt as of January 31, 2021 stood at $8,024.878 billion, an increase of $56.391 million compared to December 31, 2020, according to the numbers, released today by the National Statistical Committee (NSC)
Armenia's total public debt amounted to $7.968.5 billion at the end of 2020, having surged by $647.2 million from the previous year, according to a finance ministry's report
The level of Armenia's public debt to GDP by the end of 2020 will be 66.5%, against 49.9% in 2019, and in 2021 it will reach 67%, Armenian Finance Minister Atom Janjughazyan said on Tuesday
Armenia's external vulnerabilities, including high and growing net external debt, a relatively large structural current account deficit, a reliance on remittances and relatively weak FDI inflows, remain in place, Fitch ratings said in a report
