YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Total investments in Armenian government bonds increased by 2.4% in February as opposed to January amounting to 334.8 billion drams, the Central Bank said in its monthly bulletin for February 2016.
According to the Central Bank, in late February resident investments in Armenian government bonds amounted to 334 billion drams, an increase of 2.5% from January. Investments of Armenian banks in government bonds increased by 24.5% to 200 billion drams, while investments of the Central Bank in government bonds amounted to 80.8 billion drams, having decreased by 28.4%.
Investments in government bonds by non-bank investors in February amounted to about 53.3 billion drams (1.5% growth), while non-resident investment amounted to 749 million drams. ($ 1 – 482.61 drams). -0-
