OREANDA-NEWS. On January 12, 2009 Press Service of the National Bank stated that, the amount of the official currency stock of the National Bank has increased 2121.7 billion USA dollars (52.8%) in comparison with the beginning of the year and has reached to 6137 billion USA dollars during 2008 year.

And the official price of the manat goes up 0.0443 manat (5.24%) against the USA dollars during the year.