December 1 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange reserves held by the Albania's central bank edged down 0.16% month-on-month, decreasing to 2.512 billion euro ($2.67 billion) as of end-October, according to central bank data.
The central bank's end-October foreign exchange reserves were 5.2% lower compared with end-2015 level.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Oct'16 |
Sept'16 |
end-2015 |
Total international reserves |
2,759.1 |
2,764.1 |
2,880.0 |
FX reserves |
2,512.1 |
2,516.1 |
2,649.4 |
- currency and deposits |
555.3 |
610.4 |
679.1 |
- securities |
1,956.7 |
1,905.6 |
1,970.1 |
Monetary gold |
58.8 |
60.0 |
49.2 |
SDRs |
155.6 |
155.4 |
173.5 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
32.6 |
32.5 |
7.9 |
Financial derivatives |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
source: Bank of Albania
($=0.9411 euro)