2005-10-07
At the end of September 2005, international reserves made up LTL 10,641.0 million (EUR 3,081.8 million, USD 3,718.4 million). In the course of one month they increased by LTL 390.5 million, i.e. 3.8 per cent.
The growth of international reserves was affected by increased central government deposits and higher balances of credit institutions and with the Bank of Lithuania by LTL 229.7 million and LTL 117.7 million, respectively, and an increase of the currency outside the Bank of Lithuania of LTL 79.8 million.
The international reserves were pushed down by the decline of Bank of Lithuania other foreign liabilities of LTL 30.5 million and a net contraction of other liabilities of the Bank of Lithuania of LTL 6.2 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 | |||||||||||||
| 08/2005 | 3,628.5 | 2,968.8 | 10,250.5 | 227.3 | 0.186 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 10,022.9 | 1,911.3 | 1,043.6 | 867.7 | 8,111.6 | - | - | |
| 09/2005 | 3,718.4 | 3,081.8 | 10,641.0 | 251.8 | 0.186 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 10,388.9 | 2,176.5 | 1,069.7 | 1,106.8 | 8,212.4 | - | - | |
| 09 - 08/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Change: | in millions | 89.9 | 113.1 | 390.5 | 24.4 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 366.0 | 265.2 | 26.1 | 239.1 | 100.8 | - | - |
| in per cent | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 10.8 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 27.6 | 1.2 | - | - | |
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.