Official Foreign Reserves for November 2015

Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) rose by $3.2 million over November 2015 to $319.0 million, equivalent to 9.2 months of imports. Official foreign reserves rose by $51.1 million over the past year.

OFFICIAL FOREIGN RESERVES
(millions of pa'anga)

  Level Changes
Ration of official foreign reserves to imports (months)
  Month 12 Months

2014        
Jun 274.4 7.6 11.1 9.1
Jul 280.4 6.0 27.7 9.1
Aug 283.9 3.5 27.7 9.1
Sep 270.9 -13.0 16.7 8.4
Oct 271.5 0.6 10.9 8.2
Nov 267.9 -3.6 2.5 8.0
Dec 293.6 25.7 21.8 8.7

 2015        
Jan 287.2 -6.4 10.5 8.5
Feb 281.3 -5.9 0.2 8.3
Mar 270.2 -11.1 -4.6 7.9
Apr 272.1 1.9 4.2 7.9
May 281.8 9.7 15.0 8.0
Jun 289.7 7.9 15.3 8.1
Jul 302.6 12.9 22.2 8.5
Aug 310.9 8.3 27.0 8.6
Sep 311.7 0.8 40.8 8.8
Oct 315.8 4.1 44.3 9.1
Nov 319.0 3.2 51.1 9.2

Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga

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