OREANDA-NEWS. January 11, 2013. They made up USD 2 bln.514.99 mln., the National Bank of Moldova informs.

The previous all-time peak of monetary reserves of Moldova was registered on December,21, 2012 and made up USD 2 bln. 503.71 mln. Thus, within the last reporting week monetary reserves of Moldova have grown USD 11.28 mln. or 0.5%, increasing USD 549.69 mln. or almost 28% since the beginning of 2012. In 2012 the increase of monetary reserves of Moldova was explained by new tranches Moldova received from IMF, by purchases of currency NBM performed in the inner foreign exchange market and by the growth of exchange rates of currencies making monetary reserves against USD.

Monetary reserves of Moldova increased USD 247.6 mln. or 14.4% within 2011, being USD 1 bln. 965.3 mln. as of December, 31, 2011, NBM reports.