PRESS RELEASE
Bank of Albania interventions in the money market and foreign exchange market over Q1 2016

1.1. Open market operations

Money market interventions during 2016 Q1 consisted in open market operations for temporary liquidity injection and in T-bills outright transactions in the Bank of Albania's portfolio aiming at a better redistribution of liquidity in the banking system.

The total amount of injected liquidity averaged ALL 10.2 billion, from ALL 31.1 billion in the previous quarter. The need for liquidity fell considerably at the beginning of the period, due to government transactions to purchase securities prior to the maturity date and its securities? maturity at the end of 2015 Q4.