YEREVAN, November 21. / ARKA /. Armenia’s Central Bank said its total external liabilities stood at $691.2 million as of September 30, some 5.5 percent down from the beginning of the year.
According to the regulator’s monthly bulletin for September 2013, IMF-provided loans accounted for the bulk of external liabilities – about 60 % or $414.5 million. Compared to the beginning of the year this amount was said to have decreased by 10.7%.
Obligations in SDR totaled $135 million, up from $135.2 million at the end of 2012. Other loans increased by 7.3 % to $141.4 million and other liabilities surged by 33 percent to $400,000. ($ 1 – 405.33 drams). -0-