OREANDA-NEWS. September 02, 2013. As was informed in NBM, the former maximum of currency reserves was registered on August 17, 2013, when they amounted to USD 2 billion 578.6 million.

According to NBM, during the last reporting week, the NBM currency reserves increased by USD 38.2 million (approximately 1.5%), and from the beginning of the year they increased by USD 101.8 million (4.05%).

As of August 23, the reserve assets in convertible foreign currencies amounted to USD 2 billion 613.4 million, while the official reserve assets in securities made USD 1 billion 644 million.

The amount of deposits totaled USD 969.4 million. At the same time, almost all deposits in the amount of USD 893.7 million were placed in the banks headquartered outside Moldova. It should be noted that in July NBM currency reserves grew by USD 40.96 million.

In 2012 NBM currency reserves increased by USD 549.7 million (28%), amounting to \\$ 2 billion 515 million as of December 31.