Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 17
By Fikret Dolukhanov - Trend:
By August 1, 2018, Uzbekistan's gross gold and foreign currency reserves have fallen to $27.39 billion, which is 270.6 million lower than the indicator as of July 1 (27.66 billion), the press service of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan said in a statement.
The gross foreign exchange reserves have fallen mainly due to the decline in gold prices from $1250.55 to $1219.20 per Troy ounce (the estimated impact on the decline – $347.0 million).
Some $13.59 billion falls to the share of assets in foreign currency, and $13.79 billion – to the share of monetary gold, the message says.
The net foreign exchange reserves for the period have amounted to $26.36 billion against $26.66 billion on July 1.
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Indicators (in millions of US dollars) |
01.01.2017 |
01.01.2018 |
01.04.2018 |
01.07.2018 |
01.08.2018 |
|
I. Gross gold and foreign exchange reserves |
26 428.8 |
28 076.9 |
28 494.0 |
27 660.5 |
27 389.9 |
|
1. Assets in foreign currency |
14 172.3 |
14 042.8 |
14 517.2 |
13 818.3 |
13 597.6 |
|
2. Monetary gold |
12 256.6 |
14 034.1 |
13 976.8 |
13 842.2 |
13 792.3 |
|
II. Net foreign exchange reserves |
25 188.3 |
26 567.5 |
27 086.7 |
26 648.9 |
26 365.1 |
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