2004-08-06
At the end of July 2004, international reserves made up LTL 9,657.0 million (EUR 2,796.9 million or USD 3,373.6 million). In the course of one month they increased by LTL 315.0 million, i.e. 3.4 per cent.
The reserves were mainly pushed up by Bank of Lithuania operations with central government institutions (LTL 329.5 million) and net inflows from investment in foreign currencies. A factor reducing international reserves was the net sale of foreign exchange to commercial banks of LTL 35.9 million.
| (LTL millions, unless otherwise indicated; end of period) |
| Official reserve assets | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Monetary gold2 | Special drawing rights |
Reserve position in the IMF |
Foreign exchange | Other claims |
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| USD millions |
EUR millions1 |
LTL millions |
LTL millions |
in fine troy ounces (millions) |
Total | Currency and deposits | Securities | Financial derivatives |
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| Total | With monetary authorities and the BIS |
With banks | |||||||||||||
| 06/2004 | 3,292.3 | 2,705.6 | 9,342.0 | 207.9 | 0.186 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 9,133.9 | 1,371.0 | 954.3 | 416.7 | 7,762.9 | - | - | |
| 07/2004 | 3,373.6 | 2,796.9 | 9,657.0 | 207.5 | 0.186 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 9,448.5 | 1,271.2 | 843.5 | 427.7 | 8,177.4 | - | - | |
| 07 - 06/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| Change: | in millions | 81.3 | 91.2 | 315.0 | -0.4 | - | 0.8 | 0.0 | 314.7 | -99.8 | -110.9 | 11.0 | 414.5 | - | - |
| in per cent | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | -0.2 | - | 428.9 | 0.0 | 3.4 | -7.3 | -11.6 | 2.7 | 5.3 | - | - | |
Notes:
1.XEU till December 31, 1998
2. Since December 2001 gold has been valued once per month on the last working day at the value of London gold price fixing. Previously, gold was valued once per year on the last working day at the lowest value of London gold price fixings during the year, if that value was lower than book value.