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Poland’s reserve assets in October 2015
Date: 06-11-2015
NBP data: At the end of October 2015, Poland’s official reserve assets, managed by Narodowy Bank Polski, stood at EUR 91.6bn or USD 100.8bn in US dollar terms.
On 6 November 2015, NBP released data on the country’s official reserve asset holdings. According to the release, these amounted to EUR 91.6bn as at the end of October 2015, i.e. EUR 1.2bn more than at the end of September. In US dollar terms, Poland’s foreign exchange reserves stood at USD 100.8bn, representing a decrease of USD 0.7bn as compared with the previous month’s figure.
In managing foreign exchange reserves, Narodowy Bank Polski – while striving to maximize the return on the assets – gives priority to their safe investment and the requisite level of liquidity. NBP invests the reserves 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.
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