August 5 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange reserves held by Macedonia's central bank grew 22.5% month-on-month to 2.3 billion euro ($2.6 billion) at the end of July, official data showed.
The bank’s end-July foreign exchange reserves were up 13.5% from end-2015, the data published on the central bank's website on Friday, showed.
Macedonia sold a 450 mln euro 7-year Eurobond in July.
Following are details about the international reserves of Macedonia (in million euro):
|
end-July |
end-June |
end-2015 |
Total international reserves |
2,588.2 |
2,158.8 |
2,261.8 |
FX reserves |
2,321 |
1,894.1 |
2,044.2 |
-currency and deposits |
249.7 |
240.2 |
285.3 |
-securities |
2,071.3 |
1,653.9 |
1,758.9 |
Monetary gold |
262.4 |
259.9 |
212.8 |
SDRs |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
Reserve position in the IMF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
($=0.9025 euro)