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Armenia’s central bank’s external liabilities in February 2016 stood at $604.3 million

YEREVAN, April 8 / ARKA /. Armenian Central Bank’s external liabilities in February 2016 stood at $604.3 million, a 0.5% increase from the previous month,  the regulator said in its monthly bulletin for February 2016.

The Central Bank owed the largest share of its external debt to IMF – about 45.3% of the total or $274 million, an increase of 0.3% over the month. The SDR in late February 2016 amounted to $122.2 million (0.4% growth) and other debts stood at $207.6 million (0.8% growth).

Other foreign liabilities of the Central Bank were worth  $0.5 million.-0-

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