March 29 (SeeNews) - Albania's central bank said on Friday that the foreign exchange (FX) reserves it held at the end of February totalled $6.05 billion (5.61 billion euro), an increase from $5.3 billion a year earlier.
FX reserves decreased 1.7% in February compared with January, the central bank said in a data release.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
Feb ‘24 |
Jan ‘24 |
Feb ‘23 |
Total international reserves |
6,047 |
6,158 |
5,263 |
FX reserves |
5,544 |
5,650 |
4,799 |
- currency and deposits |
963 |
1,125 |
712 |
- securities |
4,581 |
4,524 |
4,087 |
Gold |
185 |
222 |
222 |
SDRs |
246 |
252 |
243 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
35 |
35 |
35 |
Financial derivatives |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
($ = 0.928 euro)