Foreign Reserves rose by $17.9 million in December

Official foreign reserves held by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) rose by $17.9 million over the month of December 2016 to $378.8 million, equivalent to 9.8 months of imports. Official foreign reserves rose by $51 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        
Jul 302.6 12.9 22.2 8.4 
Aug 310.9 8.3 27.0 8.6
Sep 311.7 0.8 40.8 8.6
Oct 315.8 4.1 44.3 8.8
Nov 319.0 3.2 51.1 8.9
Dec 327.8 8.8 34.2 8.9

2016        
Jan 326.3 -1.5 39.1 8.8
Feb 328.5 2.2 47.2 8.6
Mar 317.3 -11.2 47.1 8.2
Apr 322.9 5.6 50.8 8.2
May 330.7 7.8 48.9 8.4
Jun 354.9 24.2 65.2 9.0
Jul 367.4 12.5 64.8 9.3
Aug 366.3 -1.1 55.4 9.2
Sep 363.7 -2.6 52.0 9.2
Oct 367.0 3.3 51.2 9.3
Nov 360.9 -6.1 41.9 9.1
Dec 378.8 17.9 51.0 9.8

Source: National Reserve Bank of Tonga 

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