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Poland's reserve asset holdings in December 2014
Date: 07-01-2015
NBP data: As at the end of December 2014, Poland's official assets managed by NBP stood at EUR 82.6bn, or 100.4bn in US dollar terms.
On 7 January 2015, Narodowy Bank Polski posted its monthly release on the country's official reserve asset holdings. According to the release, at the end of December 2014 these amounted to EUR 82.6bn, having risen by nearly EUR 2bn on the previous month’s figure. In US dollars terms, Poland's foreign exchange reserves remained at a level close to that seen a month before, amounting to USD 100.4bn at the end of December.
In managing the foreign exchange reserves, Narodowy Bank Polski, while striving to maximize the return on the assets, gives priority to their safe investment and a requisite level of liquidity. NBP invests the funds in typical instruments used by central banks. The bulk of the reserves is invested in Treasury securities and certain amounts are held as securities issued by international institutions and government agencies. A fraction of the reserves is maintained in the form of term deposits at banks with a high credit standing and in gold.
See: Official foreign reserve holdings of the NBP »