June 30 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves held by Albania's central bank totalled $4.7 billion (4.5 billion euro) at the end of May, up 7.8% year-on-year, central bank data showed on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the central bank's FX reserves rose 1.2% at the end of May, the data showed.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
|
May '22 |
April '22 |
May '21 |
Total international reserves |
5,202.9 |
5,162.9 |
4,765.5 |
FX reserves |
4,685.8 |
4,631.6 |
4,347.5 |
- currency and deposits |
1,048.6 |
1,687.7 |
2,090.5 |
- securities |
3,637.2 |
2,943.9 |
2,256.9 |
Monetary gold |
303.7 |
185.1 |
167.7 |
SDRs |
35.1 |
311.0 |
212.6 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
- |
35.0 |
37.6 |
Financial derivatives |
- |
0.1 |
0.1 |
($ = 0.9576 euro)