Household-owned deposit accounts in foreign currencies increase by 1.1 percent in October to 420.2

YEREVAN, December 10. / ARKA /. The total amount of household-owned deposits  in foreign currencies increased by 1.1 percent in late October from September to 420.2 8 billion drams, according to a statement on the official website of the Central Bank of Armenia.

It said time deposits in foreign currencies stood at 353.5 billion drams as of late October, making 85.1 percent of all deposits, rising by 2.2 percent from September.

The amount of deposits in Armenian dram saw a 2.4 percent rise from the previous month to 176.9 billion drams. The total amount of deposits kept by 21 commercial banks stood at 1.175.5 trillion drams, rising by 0.9 percent from September. ($1 – 40724 drams). -0-

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