BANK OF ALBANIA STATEMENT
Money market and foreign exchange market interventions during the first quarter of 2010

Money market interventions during the first quarter of 2010 consist of open market operations to inject liquidity.

Bank of Albania to inject liquidity employed its main instrument, the reverse repurchase agreement of one-week maturity, averagely ALL 17.49 billion* a week as well as the adjusting instrument of longer-maturity term, the repurchase agreement of one-month and three-month maturity. The one-month R/Repo agreement was used in 1 case, at an average ALL 3.0 billion. The three-month R/Repo agreement was used in 3 cases, averagely ALL 4.3 billion per auction.