February 28 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $5 billion (4.5 billion euro) at the end of January 2022, up 18.4% compared with the end of January 2021, central bank data showed on Monday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves edged down 1.3% at the end of January, the data showed.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
January '22 |
December '21 |
January '21 |
Total international reserves |
5,560.9 |
5,631.5 |
4,682.6 |
FX reserves |
5,018.2 |
5,083.4 |
4,239.4 |
- currency and deposits |
2,403.5 |
2,571.2 |
1,924.8 |
- securities |
2,614.8 |
2,512.3 |
2,314.6 |
Monetary gold |
157.4 |
160.7 |
162.9 |
SDRs |
348.9 |
350.8 |
242.8 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.2 |
36.4 |
37.5 |
Financial derivatives |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
($ = 0.8923 euro)