2016

Foreign Reserves recorded a $2.6m fall in September

Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) fell by $2.6 million over the month of September 2016 to $363.7 million, equivalent to 10.3 months of imports. However, official foreign reserves rose by $52.0 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

 2015        
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 8.4 r
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 9.0 r
Nov 319.0 3.2 51.1 9.2
Dec 327.8 8.8 34.2 9.6

2016        
Jan 326.3 -1.5 39.1 9.5
Feb 328.5 2.2 47.2 9.3
Mar 317.3 -11.2 47.1 8.9 r
Apr 322.9 5.6 50.8 8.9 r
May 330.7 7.8 48.9 9.2 r
Jun 354.9 24.2 65.2 10.0 r
Jul 367.4 12.5 64.8 10.4
Aug 366.3 -1.1 55.4 10.4
Sep 363.7 -2.6 52.0 10.3

r - Revisions based on latest trade data issues by Tonga Department of Statistics for July and August 2015.
Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga 

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