March 31 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $5.07 billion (4.6 billion euro) at the end of February 2022, up 19.9% compared with the end of February 2021, central bank data showed on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves edged up 1.1% at the end of February, the data showed.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
February '22 |
January '22 |
February '21 |
Total international reserves |
5,614.0 |
5,560.9 |
4,645.7 |
FX reserves |
5,072.1 |
5,018.2 |
4,230.9 |
- currency and deposits |
2,185.7 |
2,403.5 |
1,919.0 |
- securities |
2,886.4 |
2,614.8 |
2,312.0 |
Monetary gold |
180.3 |
157.4 |
153.3 |
SDRs |
325.3 |
348.9 |
223.9 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
36.3 |
36.2 |
37.4 |
Financial derivatives |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
($ = 0.8981 euro)