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Bank of Albania interventions in the money market and foreign exchange market over 2018 Q4

1.1. Open market operations

In 2018 Q4, the Bank of Albania intervened in the money market through open market operations to inject liquidity. For the management of liquidity shortage in the banking system, and the size of the portfolio of Bank of Albania’s securities, transactions in the secondary market of securities were also carried out.

Average daily injections during the fourth quarter amounted to ALL 37.77 billion, against ALL 37.24 billion in the third quarter. The injected amount had a downwards trend, registering around ALL 32 billion at the end of the period, from its high level at ALL 46 billion at the beginning of October.

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