Foreign Reserves Statistics for November 2020
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- Category: Financial Statistics
- Created: 16 November 2020
- Last Updated: 25 January 2021
Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) rose over the month of November 2020 by $8.7 million to $590.2 million and equivalent to 9.9 months of imports. This increase was attributed to receipt of budget support and project grants from development partners, in addition to remittances. Similarly, the foreign reserves increased significantly in the year by $100.7 million. This resulted from higher receipts of budget support, official grants, and remittances.
OFFICIAL FOREIGN RESERVES
(millions of pa'anga)
| Level | Changes |
Ratio of official foreign reserves to imports (months) | ||
| Month | 12 Months | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| Jun | 484.3 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 7.9 |
| Jul | 492.9 | 8.6 | 16.4 | 8.0 |
| Aug | 491.8 | -1.1 | 16.8 | 8.1 |
| Sep | 490.8 | -1.0 | 38.6 | 8.0 |
| Oct | 489.3 | -1.5 | 32.0 | 7.5 |
| Nov | 489.5 | 0.2 | 20.8 | 7.4 |
| Dec | 487.4 | -2.1 | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | ||||
| Jan | 482.9 | -4.5 | 4.0 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 479.8 | -3.1 | 6.3 | 7.4 |
| Mar | 457.5 | -22.3 | -7.5 | 7.1 |
| Apr | 475.1 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 7.7r |
| May | 489.6 | 14.5 | 21.3 | 8.2r |
| Jun | 543.8 | 54.2 | 59.5 | 9.2r |
| Jul | 555.9 | 12.1 | 63.0 | 9.5r |
| Aug | 556.1 | 0.1 | 64.3 | 9.6r |
| Sep | 576.5 | 20.4 | 85.7 | 10.0r |
| Oct | 581.6 | 5.1 | 92.3 | 9.7 |
| Nov | 590.2 | 8.7 | 100.7 | 9.9 |
| Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga | ||||
Official Foreign Reserves Collection
2020 Official Foreign Reserves
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Official Foreign Reserves for November 2020 Released on 21 December 2020 | 132 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for October 2020 Released on 16 November 2020 | 105 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for September 2020 Released on 12 October 2020 | 200 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for August 2020 Released on 11 September 2020 | 106 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for July 2020 Released on 14 August 2020 | 106 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for June 2020 Released on 14 July 2020 | 111 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for May 2020 Released on 12 June 2020 | 109 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for April 2020 Released on 13 May 2020 | 108 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for March 2020 Released on 27 April 2020 | 132 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for February 2020 Released on 11 March 2020 | 116 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for January 2020 Released on 12 February 2020 | 114 KB |
2014
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Official Foreign Reserves for December 2014 Released on 30 January 2015 | 141 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for November 2014 Released on 5 January 2015 | 171 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for October 2014 Released on 19 December 2014 | 193 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for September 2014 Released on 11 November 2014 | 390 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for August 2014 Released on 24 September 2014 | 168 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for July 2014 Released on 24 September 2014 | 213 KB |
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Official Foreign Reserves for June 2014 Released on 18 July 2014 | 238 KB |
