In June 2018, Belarus' gold and foreign exchange reserves went down by $108.2 million (1.6%)* to total $6.8 billion in equivalent as of 1 July**:
(million U.S. dollars)
1 January 2018 – 7,315.3;
1 February 2018 – 6,477.4;
1 March 2018 – 7,093.4;
1 April 2018 – 6,994.6;
1 May 2018 – 7,038.1;
1June 2018 – 6,939.6;
1 July 2018 – 6,831.4.
According to the country's main monetary guidelines for 2018 the volume of international reserve assets should stay at a minimum of $6 billion.
*In line with the calculation methods used by the International Monetary Fund.
**Preliminary data.
Source: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus.
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