For the last couple of years every person in every country have heard such words as "global recession", "financial crisis", "banking collapse". Financial crisis made suffer lots of people around the globe affecting all sectors of the economy. The first results of the global recession are inflation rate rise, sharp jump in jobless rate, dramatically decreased wages, drop in equity prices, bearish demand for all goods and services and as a result price reduction. The factors, reasoned by the world crisis, have produced negative influence into economy development of all countries of the world, inclusively the economy of Republic of Moldova. As a result, international and national currency market also was influenced. This study try to find the answer to the question: „how the economic crises influenced the international and national currency market: negatively due to high volatility or this market remained profitable and relatively stable in spite of financial collapse.