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Poland's reserve asset holdings in January 2019
Date: 07-02-2019
NBP data: At the end of January 2019, Poland's official assets, managed by Narodowy Bank Polski, stood at EUR 99.0bn, or USD 113.7bn in US dollar terms.
On 7 February 2019, Narodowy Bank Polski released the monthly data on the country's official reserve asset holdings. According to the release, these holdings expressed in euro terms amounted to EUR 99.0bn at the end of January 2019, having declined by EUR 3.3bn on the end-of-December level. In US dollar terms, the stock of reserve also declined by USD 3.3bn, reaching USD 113.7bn.
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 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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