NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
In June 2020 Belarus' gold and foreign exchange reserves gained $916.4 million (11.6%)* to reach the equivalent of $8,795.7 million as of 1 July**.
Sources to replenish the reserves in June:
revenues from eurobond sale by the Finance Ministry;
higher prices for monetary gold.
In June, the government and the central bank honored external and internal commitments in foreign currencies to the tune of about $287 million
Belarus' gold and foreign exchange reserves in 2020 (million USD):
1 January - 9,393.5
1 February - 9,243.1
1 March - 8,804.9
1 April - 7,786.5
1 May - 7,882.9
1 June - 7,879.3
1 July – 8,795.7.
In line with the main monetary management guidelines for 2020 the volume of the international reserve assets is supposed to be at least $7.3 billion as of 1 January 2021 taking into account the external and internal commitments the government and the central bank will have to honor.
*In line with methods of the International Monetary Fund
** Preliminary data
Source: The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
