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The annual growth rate of M3 was 8.8 per cent at the end of October 2011. The increase in currency in circulation and debt securities led to a month-on-month increase in M3 monetary aggregate by LTL 123.8 million.  Euro loans, excluding...

The current account balance (CAB) of the country’s balance of payments was in September 2011 in surplus of LTL 211.8 million as a result of a drop in foreign trade balance deficit and an increase in the current transfer surplus. The negative...

In October 2011, external assets and external liabilities of the Bank of Lithuania increased by LTL 483.6 million and LTL 594.2 million respectively. At the end of the month these indicators were equal to LTL 19.5 billion and LTL 1.6...

At the end of October 2011, official reserve assets made up LTL 19.4 billion (EUR 5.6 billion). In October, they increased by LTL 399 million or 2.1%.

The growth rate of annual M3 has accelerated gradually in recent six months to reach this year’s record heights of 9.5% in September 2011. At the end of the month, MFIs’ external assets were by LTL 5.3 billion ahead of their external liabilities....

In September 2011, external assets of the Bank of Lithuania increased by LTL 1.5 billion, while external liabilities shrank by LTL 489.0 million. At the end of the month these indicators were equal to LTL 19.1 billion and LTL 1.0 billion...

The deficit on the current account balance (CAB) of the country’s balance of payments grew in August 2011 by LTL 20.3 million driven by a decrease in surpluses on the service and current transfer balances. The positive financial account balance of...

Statistics Department of the Bank of Lithuania released today data on quarterly financial accounts of Lithuania in the second quarter 2011. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, the annual growth rate of Lithuania’s financial assets...

At the end of September 2011, official reserve assets made up LTL 19 billion (EUR 5.5 billion). During the month they increased by LTL 1.3 billion or 7.6%.

Based on provisional data, the FDI flow in Lithuania in Q2 2011 amounted to LTL 1.2 billion  (4.3 per cent of GDP). Compared to Q1 2011, the FDI inflow in Lithuania increased by LTL 202.8 million, or 21.1 per cent, while...

In August 2011, for the second consecutive month, lending by monetary financial institutions (MFIs) to resident households grew driven by increasing lending for house purchase and other lending. Although consumer loans decreased by LTL 4.1...

Lower surplus on the balance of current transfers and higher deficits on income balance and foreign trade balance led to an increase of LTL 726 million in the current account balance (CAB) deficit of the country’s balance of payments for...

In August 2011, external assets and external liabilities of the Bank of Lithuania increased by LTL 534.2 million and LTL 377.9 million. At the end of the month these indicators were equal to LTL 17.7 billion and LTL 1.5 billion correspondingly.

The country’s current account balance (CAB) was again in deficit (of LTL -215.3 million) in July 2011 owing to an increase in foreign trade and income balance deficits and shrinking surplus on the service balance. Meanwhile, the negative (LTL...

At the end of August 2011, official reserve assets made up LTL 17.6 billion (EUR 5.1 billion). During the month they increased by LTL 832.4 million or 5%.

For the first time since February 2009 an increase of LTL 14.8 million was registered in  MFIs’ lending to resident households in July 2011: loans for house purchase and other loans grew respectively by LTL 19.0 million and LTL 25.1 million,...