TIRANA (Albania), January 31 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $3.5 billion (3.18 billion euro) at the end of 2019, down 4.7% year-on-year, it said.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves were 3.4% higher at the end of December.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Dec'19 |
Nov'19 |
Dec'18 |
Total international reserves |
3,760.3 |
3,628.2 |
3,894.6 |
FX reserves |
3,502.3 |
3,387.9 |
3,676.2 |
- currency and deposits |
1,401.1 |
1,277.9 |
1,764.3 |
- securities |
2,101.2 |
2,110.0 |
1,911.9 |
Monetary gold |
133.6 |
114.2 |
64.9 |
SDRs |
88.3 |
90.3 |
117.1 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.0 |
35.7 |
36.2 |
Financial derivatives |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.90718 euro)