TIRANA (Albania), December 17 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank increased by 5.8% month-on-month in October, reaching $3.6 billion (3.2 billion euro), it said.
The central bank's end-October FX reserves were 7.7% higher compared to the end-2017 level.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Oct'18 |
Sept'18 |
Dec'17 |
Total international reserves |
3,794.6 |
3,600.7 |
3,589.8 |
FX reserves |
3,575.5 |
3,379.3 |
3,320.5 |
- currency and deposits |
1,727.7 |
1,738.8 |
1,457.1 |
- securities |
1,847.8 |
1,640.5 |
1,863.4 |
Monetary gold |
61.6 |
59.5 |
65.8 |
SDRs |
121.3 |
125.0 |
166.3 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.0 |
36.3 |
37.1 |
Financial derivatives |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.88418 euro)