YEREVAN, January 24. /ARKA/. The Central Bank of Armenia has bought USD 5 million at the forex market, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported Thursday on his Facebook page. “The financial market starts this year with the same determination with which it finished,” the premier wrote. “Today the central bank made a $5-million deal. This is the first purchase of this year.”
Arthur Javadyan, chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, said on December 22, 2019 that Armenia’s external reserves are hitting records, and the regulator continues buying currencies at the market. “We have already bought $557 million, and our external reserves have reached an unprecedented indicator – at the moment, they exceed $2 billion 700 million,” he said. -0—
