TIRANA (Albania), September 30 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $3.5 billion (3.2 billion euro) at the end of August, up 6.5% year-on-year, it said.
The central bank's end-August forex reserves were 3.9% higher compared to the end-July level.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Aug'19 |
July'19 |
Aug'18 |
Total international reserves |
3,724.9 |
3,594.4 |
3,389.8 |
FX reserves |
3,489.5 |
3,357.7 |
3,277.6 |
- currency and deposits |
1,637.3 |
1,597.5 |
1,670.6 |
- securities |
1,852.1 |
1,760.2 |
1,607.0 |
Monetary gold |
101.8 |
94.8 |
61.2 |
SDRs |
97.9 |
106.0 |
139.5 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
35.6 |
35.9 |
36.5 |
Financial derivatives |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.9136 euro)