Official reserve assets of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) decreased by 4 percent last week compared to the previous week, reaching 189.6 billion dollars.
“International Reserves and Foreign Exchange Liquidity Developments” data for the week of March 13 was published by the CBRT.
Accordingly, official reserve assets decreased by 4 percent compared to last week and decreased to 189.6 billion dollars. In the week in question, foreign exchange assets decreased by 13.2 percent compared to the previous week, reaching 47.8 billion dollars, gold reserve assets decreased by 0.4 percent, reaching 134.1 billion dollars, and the sum of the IMF reserve position and SDR became 7.7 billion dollars.
Foreign exchange liabilities of the public sector (Central Bank and Central Government), which affect foreign exchange liquidity in the short term, increased by 0.7 percent compared to last week and amounted to 126.9 billion dollars.
While predetermined foreign exchange liabilities increased by 1.9 percent compared to the previous week, reaching 58.9 billion dollars, contingent foreign exchange liabilities decreased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week, falling to 68.1 billion dollars.
As of the week in question, the Central Bank’s total foreign currency liabilities arising from foreign currency swap transactions amounted to 16.3 billion dollars.
