Foreign Reserves Statistics for May 2020
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- Category: Financial Statistics
- Last Updated: 12 June 2020
Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) rose over the month and year to May 2020 by $14.5 million and $21.3 million respectively to $489.6 million. This is equivalent to 7.0 months of imports. The rise in foreign reserves was mainly due to receipts of official funds as assistance for TC Harold and the COVID-19 preparations.
OFFICIAL FOREIGN RESERVES
(millions of pa'anga)
| Level | Changes |
Ration of official foreign reserves to imports (months) | ||
| Month | 12 Months | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| Jan | 478.9 | 0.4 | 54.8 | 8.1 |
| Feb | 473.5 | 5.4 | 25.5 | 7.9 |
| Mar | 465.0 | -8.5 | 17.3 | 7.8 |
| Apr | 464.2 | -0.8 | 18.3 | 7.5 |
| May | 468.3 | 4.1 | 26.4 | 7.5 |
| Jun | 484.3 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 7.9 |
| Jul | 492.9 | 8.6 | 16.4 | 8.0 |
| Aug | 491.8 | -1.1 | 16.8 | 8.1 |
| Sep | 490.8 | -1.0 | 38.6 | 8.0 |
| Oct | 489.3 | -1.5 | 32.0 | 7.5 |
| Nov | 489.5 | 0.2 | 20.8 | 7.4 |
| Dec | 487.4 | -2.1 | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | ||||
| Jan | 482.9 | -4.5 | 4.0 | 7.2 |
| Feb | 479.8 | -3.1 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| Mar | 457.5 | -22.3 | -7.5 | 6.8 |
| Apr | 475.1 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 6.9 |
| May | 489.6 | 14.5 | 21.3 | 7.0 |
| Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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Official Foreign Reserves Collection
2020 Official Foreign Reserves
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Official Foreign Reserves for April 2020 Released on 13 May 2020 | 108 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for March 2020 Released on 27 April 2020 | 132 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for February 2020 Released on 11 March 2020 | 116 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for January 2020 Released on 12 February 2020 | 114 KB |
2014
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Official Foreign Reserves for December 2014 Released on 30 January 2015 | 141 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for November 2014 Released on 5 January 2015 | 171 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for October 2014 Released on 19 December 2014 | 193 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for September 2014 Released on 11 November 2014 | 390 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for August 2014 Released on 24 September 2014 | 168 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for July 2014 Released on 24 September 2014 | 213 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for June 2014 Released on 18 July 2014 | 238 KB |
