BANK OF ALBANIA

Bank of Albania interventions in the money market and the foreign exchange market during 2019 Q4

Publication date: 01.04.2020

 

1.1.     Open market operations and factors affecting liquidity shortage in the banking system

In 2019 Q4, the Bank of Albania intervened in the money market through the open market operations to inject liquidity.

 

The average daily injections thorough liquidity injecting operations with maturity 1-13 weeks amounted to ALL 31.26 billion, against ALL 33.61 billion, ALL 26.68 billion and ALL 22.16 billion, respectively, in the three previous quarters of 2019. The average of injections in 2019 resulted ALL 28.50 billion, against around ALL 39 billion in 2018.

 

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