National Reserve Bank of Tonga

Foreign Reserves Statistics

December 2018

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Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) rose by $9.8 million over the month of December 2018 to $478.5 million, equivalent to 7.6 months of imports. Similarly, the official foreign reserves increased over the year by $56.0 million. The growth over the year resulted mainly from higher receipts of budgetary support, grants and cyclone relief funds from development partners. Furthermore, higher receipt of remittances during the year contributed to the annual increase.

OFFICIAL FOREIGN RESERVES
(millions of pa'anga)

  Level Changes
 Ration of official foreign reserves to imports i (months)
  Month 12 Months
 2017        
Aug 405.0 -3.9 38.7 7.4
Sep 403.0 -2.0 39.3 7.3
Oct 413.6 10.6 46.6 7.5
Nov 424.8 11.2 63.9 7.7
Dec 422.5 -2.3 43.7 7.6
 2018        
Jan 424.1 1.6 43.3 7.4
Feb 448.0 23.9 70.3 7.9
Mar 447.7 -0.3 81.7 7.8
Apr 445.9 -1.8 74.2 7.7
May 441.9 -4.0 49.6 7.5
Jun 468.7 26.8 60.8 7.8
Jul 476.5 7.8 67.6 7.8
Aug 475.0 -1.5 70.0 7.6
Sep 452.2 -22.8 49.2 7.2
Oct 457.3 5.1 43.7 7.3
Nov 468.7 11.4 43.9 7.4
Dec 478.5 9.8 56.0 7.6
Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga
i - Method of calculation changed in February 2017 to include imports of both goods and services (previous method used imports of goods only).
r - Revisions was due to the update of OET data to September 18.

Official Foreign Reserves Collection

2018 Official Foreign Reserves
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for July 2018
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for June 2018
Released on 12 July 2018 | 36 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for May 2018
Released on 8 May 2018 | 112 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for April 2018
Released on 8 May 2018 | 37 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for March 2018
Released on 6 April 2018 | 37 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for February 2018
Released on 12 March 2018 | 37 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for January 2018
Released on 9 February 2018 | 37 KB

2017
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for November 2017
Released on 13 December 2017 | 124 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for October 2017
Released on 14 November 2017 | 37 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for September 2017
Released on 3 October 2017 | 36 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for August 2017
Released on 5 September 2017 | 36 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for July 2017
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for June 2017
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for May 2017
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for April 2017
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for March 2017
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for February 2017
Released on 20 April 2017 | 118 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for January 2017
Released on 9 February 2017 | 115 KB

2016
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Released on 31 January 2017 | 36 KB
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Released on 14 December 2016 | 36 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for October 2016
Released on 15 November 2016 | 36 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for September 2016
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for August 2016
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for July 2016
Released on 19 August 2016 | 170 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for June 2016
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for April 2016
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for March 2016
Released on 11 April 2016 | 125 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for February 2016
Released on 24 March 2016 | 115 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for January 2016
Released on 17 February 2016 | 180 KB

2015
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Released on 19 January 2016 | 170 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for November 2015
Released on 14 December 2015 | 36 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for October 2015
Released on 11 November 2015 | 115 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for September 2015
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for August 2015
Released on 15 September 2015 | 167 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for July 2015
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for June 2015
Released on 22 July 2015 | 180 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for May 2015
Released on 10 June 2015 | 181 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for April 2015
Released on 18 May 2015 | 181 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for March 2015
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pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for February 2015
Released on 16 March 2015 | 126 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for January 2015
Released on 19 February 2015 | 126 KB

2014
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for December 2014
Released on 30 January 2015 | 141 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for November 2014
Released on 5 January 2015 | 171 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for October 2014
Released on 19 December 2014 | 193 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for September 2014
Released on 11 November 2014 | 390 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for August 2014
Released on 24 September 2014 | 168 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for July 2014
Released on 24 September 2014 | 213 KB
pdfIcon Official Foreign Reserves for June 2014
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