OREANDA-NEWS. April 14, 2010. According to the National Bank of Moldova, in March NBM’s currency reserves decreased by USD1.18 million, or 0.08%. It was due to payments on the external debt of Moldova - USD 6.02 million, the decrease in the exchange rate of the main currencies to U.S. dollar - USD 4.93 million, other external payments - USD 3.52 million.

At the same time , the increase in the currency reserves in March was stipulated by interventions in form of purchasing currency at the Moldovan currency market- USD 10.77 million, profits from management of currency reserves - USD 1.49 million, enrollments relating to the mandatory foreign currency reserves of certified banks- USD 0.59 million, other incomes - USD 0.44 million.

As it has reported before, in 2009, the NBM currency reserves fell by USD 192.16 million (11,5%), accounting as of December 13 for about USD 1 billion, 480,25 million. The absolute historic maximum of USD 1.8 billion was reached late in September 2008, but then currency reserves began to decline due to the global financial crisis.