The central bank's end-October forex reserves were 1.2% lower compared to the end-September level.
Details follow (in millions of US dollars):
Oct'19 | Sept'19 | Oct'18 | |
Total international reserves | 3,738.8 | 3,767.5 | 3,794.6 |
FX reserves | 3,487.8 | 3,530.1 | 3,575.5 |
- currency and deposits | 1,445.5 | 1,555.4 | 1,727.7 |
- securities | 2,042.2 | 1,974.7 | 1,847.8 |
Monetary gold | 118.9 | 104.2 | 61.6 |
SDRs | 96.1 | 97.6 | 121.3 |
Reserve position in the IMF | 35.9 | 35.5 | 36.0 |
Financial derivatives | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Source: Albanian central bank
($ = 0.90730 euro)