April 29 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $4.9 billion (4.6 billion euro) at the end of March 2022, up 13% compared with the end of March 2021, central bank data showed on Friday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves edged down 3.1% at the end of March, the data showed.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
March '22 |
February '22 |
March '21 |
Total international reserves |
5,457.5 |
5,614.0 |
4,759.1 |
FX reserves |
4,915.3 |
5,072.1 |
4,351.0 |
- currency and deposits |
1,969.9 |
2,185.7 |
2,136.7 |
- securities |
2,945.4 |
2,886.4 |
2,214.4 |
Monetary gold |
183.7 |
180.3 |
150.7 |
SDRs |
322.5 |
325.3 |
220.4 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.0 |
36.3 |
36.9 |
Financial derivatives |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
($ = 0.9460 euro)