Over one month reserve money went up by LTL 29.9 million, of which commercial bank balances on correspondent accounts increased by LTL 72.4 million, while demand deposits of non-banking financial institutions, required reserves of commercial banks in foreign currencies and currency in circulation decreased by LTL 21.7 million, LTL 9.1 million and LTL 4.9 million, respectively.
Reserve money was pushed up by LTL 280.0 million owing to operations with central government institutions, while net sale of foreign exchange by the Bank of Lithuania to commercial banks of LTL 165.7 million and net sale of foreign exchange by the Bank of Lithuania to non-residents of LTL 51.8 million pushed it down.
Foreign assets went up by LTL 79.3 million in March, and central government deposits declined by LTL 13.4 million.
| (LTL million, end-of-period) |
| 02/2005 | 03/2005 | Change | ||
| LTL million | % | |||
| FOREIGN ASSETS | 9,468.6 | 9,547.9 | 79.3 | 0.8 |
| CLAIMS ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT | 4.1 | 4.1 | - | - |
| CLAIMS ON PRIVATE SECTOR | 11.4 | 11.1 | -0.3 | -2.3 |
| CLAIMS ON DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS | 9.9 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| CLAIMS ON NONBANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | - | - | - | - |
| OTHER ASSETS | 247.1 | 210.1 | -37.1 | -15.0 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 9,741.1 | 9,783.0 | 42.0 | 0.4 |
| RESERVE MONEY | 6,929.5 | 6,959.4 | 29.9 | 0.4 |
| o/w currency outside the CB | 5,583.4 | 5,578.5 | -4.9 | -0.1 |
| FOREIGN LIABILITIES | 36.3 | 13.7 | -22.6 | -62.3 |
| CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPOSITS | 1,920.3 | 1,907.0 | -13.4 | -0.7 |
| COUNTERPART FUNDS | 29.4 | 29.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| CAPITAL ACCOUNTS | 806.5 | 776.9 | -29.7 | -3.7 |
| OTHER LIABILITIES | 19.1 | 96.7 | 77.6 | 407.1 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 9,741.1 | 9,783.0 | 42.0 | 0.4 |
Memo Items
| (LTL million, end-of-period) |
| 02/2005 | 03/2005 | Change | ||
| LTL million | % | |||
| The IMF loans to the Bank of Lithuania | - | - | - | - |
| The IMF loans to the Ministry of Finance | - | - | - | - |
1. RESERVE MONEY includes currency in circulation, deposit money banks’ reserves and demand deposits of other sectors (excluding central government).
2. OTHER LIABILITIES include unclassified liabilities and other liabilities to non-government sectors outside reserve money definition.