TIRANA (Albania), May 29 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $3.43 billion (3.08 billion euro) at the end of April, slightly down compared with $3.44 billion in the like period a year earlier, central bank data showed on Friday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves were 1.2% higher at the end of April.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Apr '20 |
Mar '20 |
Apr '19 |
Total international reserves |
3,879 |
3,641 |
3,651 |
FX reserves |
3,429 |
3,387 |
3,438 |
- currency and deposits |
1,084 |
1,127 |
1,485 |
- securities |
2,345 |
2,260 |
1,953 |
Monetary gold |
148 |
138 |
65 |
SDRs |
267 |
80 |
112 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36 |
36 |
36 |
Financial derivatives |
0 |
0 |
0 |
($ = 0.8978 euro)