Foreign Reserves Statistics for March 2021
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- Category: Financial Statistics
- Last Updated: 19 April 2021
Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) declined at the end of March 2021 by $6.7 million to $685.7 million, equivalent to 11.7 month of imports. This stemmed from an increase in transfers for large import payments. However, foreign reserves rose substantially over the year by $228.2 million. This was mainly attributed to receipts of budget support, official grants and remittances.
OFFICIAL FOREIGN RESERVES
(millions of pa'anga)
Level | Changes |
Ration of official foreign reserves to imports (months) | ||
Month | 12 Months | |||
2019 | ||||
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 | 7.4 |
Feb | 479.8 | -3.1 | 6.3 | 7.4 |
Mar | 457.5 | -22.3 | -7.5 | 7.1 |
Apr | 475.1 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 7.7 |
May | 489.6 | 14.5 | 21.3 | 8.2 |
Jun | 543.8 | 54.2 | 59.5 | 9.2 |
Jul | 555.9 | 12.1 | 63.0 | 9.6 |
Aug | 556.1 | 0.1 | 64.3 | 9.7 |
Sep | 576.5 | 20.4 | 85.7 | 10.1 |
Oct | 581.6 | 5.1 | 92.3 | 9.8 |
Nov | 590.2 | 8.7 | 100.7 | 10.1 |
Dec | 675.6 | 85.4 | 188.2 | 11.7 |
2021 | ||||
Jan | 705.3 | 29.7 | 222.4 | 12.0 |
Feb | 692.4 | 12.9 | 212.6 | 11.7 |
Mar | 685.7 | -6.7 | 228.2 | 11.7 |
Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
Official Foreign Reserves Collection
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Official Foreign Reserves for March 2021
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