January 31 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $4.8 billion (4.4 billion euro) at the end of 2022, down 5.7% year-on-year, central bank data showed on Tuesday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves edged up 2.6% at the end of December, the data showed.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
December '22 |
November '22 |
December '21 |
Total international reserves |
5,262.7 |
5,136.1 |
5,631.5 |
FX reserves |
4,792.1 |
4,671.8 |
5,083.4 |
- currency and deposits |
834.5 |
720.1 |
2,571.2 |
- securities |
3,957.6 |
3,951.7 |
2,512.3
|
Monetary gold |
176.1 |
171.5 |
160.7 |
SDRs |
259.7 |
258.6 |
350.8 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
34.8 |
34.3 |
36.4 |
Financial derivatives |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
2,512.3
($ = 0.924518 euro)