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The overall balance of payments for the second quarter of 2009 resulted with a growth of foreign assets by EUR 44 million. The third quarter of year ended with a current account deficit of EUR 331 million. The deficit is deepened to about EUR 100 million from EUR 231 million, rel...
Published by Balance of Payments and Surveys Division on 29.12.2009
Money market interventions during the second quarter of 2009 consist in the Money market operations for liquidity injection.
The Bank of Albania, to inject liquidity, employed its main instrument, reverse repurchase agreement of one-week maturity term. On weekly basis, the aver...
Published by FOREIGN RELATIONS, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT on 15.10.2009
In accordance with the requirement stipulated in Article 69 of the Law No.8269, dated 23.12.1997 “On the Bank of Albania”, as amended and Article 8 of the Law No.9962, dated 18.12.2006 “On Banks in the Republic of Albania”, to inform the Council of Ministe...
Published by SUPERVISORY COUNCIL on 14.10.2009
The overall balance of payments for the second quarter of 2009 ended with a growth of foreign assets at EUR 142 million. The second quarter of year yielded with a current account deficit of EUR 360 million. The deficit reduced by about EUR 3 million from EUR 363 million, relative...
Published by BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND SURVEYS DIVISION on 17.09.2009
Money market interventions, during the first quarter of 2009, include the open market operations to inject liquidity....
Published by MONETARY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT on 16.07.2009
The overall Balance of Payments for the first quarter of 2009 recorded a reduction of foreign assets of EUR 131 million. The first quarter of year was closed with a current account deficit of EUR 334 million. Compared to the first quarter of 2008, current account deficit increase...
Published by BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND SURVEYS DIVISION on 10.06.2009
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Published by FOREIGN RELATIONS, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT on 17.04.2009
Pursuant to the requirement of Article 69, paragraph 6 of the Law No. 8269, dated 23 December 1997 "On the Bank of Albania", as amended, and Article 8 of the Law No. 9962, dated 18 December 2006 "On Banks in the Republic of Albania", as amended, to inform the Council of Ministers...
Published by SUPERVISORY COUNCIL on 31.03.2009
The overall balance of payments for 2008 recorded a growth of foreign assets of Eur 192 million. The year ended with a current account deficit of Eur 1.291 million, reaching about -14.9 per cent of GDP. Compared to 2007, the deficit rose by about Eur 460 million, from Eur 831 mil...
Published by BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND SURVEYS DIVISION on 30.03.2009
Money market interventions during the third quarter of 2008, continued to consist in the employment of the Bank of Albania’s main instrument, reverse repurchase agreement of one-week maturity. On weekly basis, the average being injected amounted to LEK 4.46 billion....
Published by FOREIGN RELATIONS, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT on 16.01.2009
