September 30 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $4.6 billion (4.7 billion euro) at the end of August, up 6.1% year-on-year, central bank data showed on Friday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves edged down 0.5% at the end of August, the data showed.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
August '22 |
July '22 |
August '21 |
Total international reserves |
5,066.1 |
5,126.2 |
4,905.1 |
FX reserves |
4,599.4 |
4,623.6 |
4,335.9 |
- currency and deposits |
849.3 |
933.2 |
2,167.1 |
- securities |
3,750.1 |
3,690.3 |
2,168.8 |
Monetary gold |
165.4 |
172.4 |
160.3 |
SDRs |
267.5 |
295.8 |
371.8 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
33.9 |
34.5 |
37.0 |
Financial derivatives |
- |
- |
0.1 |
($ = 1.01635 euro)