Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
The Iranian Central Bank’s assets stood at 5,222.1 trillion rials ($161.1 billion based on official rate of 32,418 rials per each USD) by Jan. 20.
The figure indicates a rise by 7.2 percent as compared to Jan. 20, 2016, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said.
The CBI’s foreign assets decreased by 0.4 percent to 3,357.6 trillion rials during the one-year period to Jan. 20.
Meanwhile, the figure has decreased by 4.5 percent from 3,517.5 trillion rials in the end of last fiscal year (March 20, 2016).
The CBI report indicates that governmental debts to the Central Bank increased by 27 percent to 336.2 trillion rials during the period.
The government’s deposits in the Central Bank also increased by 0.6 percent and stood at 325 trillion rials by Jan. 20.
On the other hand, the state-owned companies’ debts to the Central Bank decreased by 5.2 percent during the one-year period to Jan. 20 and stood at 258.4 trillion rials.
The Iranian banks’ debts to the CBI reached 1,092 trillion rials by Jan. 20 indicating a rise by 30.5 percent year-on-year.
The figure indicates a rise by 30.6 percent as compared to the end of last fiscal year (March 20, 2016), which was 836.3 trillion rials.