OREANDA-NEWS. April 16, 2009. In March, external assets of the Bank of Lithuania increased by LTL 148.9 million to form LTL 14.7 billion at the end of the month, and external liabilities went down by LTL 41.5 million to LTL 62.8 million, reported the press-centre of Bank of Lithuania.

Currency in circulation dropped down by LTL 666.6 million to LTL 8.3 billion at the end of the month. Resident deposits with the Bank of Lithuania increased by LTL 1.1 billion to LTL 4.8 billion. Central government deposits went up by LTL 1.2 billion to LTL 2.1 billion at the end of the moth, while deposits of other MFIs decreased by LTL 32.3 million to form LTL 2.7 billion at the end of March. Capital and reserves shrank by LTL 198.0 million to LTL 1.8 billion at the end of the month.

Changes in the balance sheet items of the Bank of Lithuania have been disclosed taking into account transactions, i.e. by eliminating the effect of revaluation adjustments of prices and foreign exchange rates as well as other reclassifications.