In Jan 2010 Monetary Stock Of Armenia Declined By 4,3% To $2.1 Bln

IN JAN 2010 MONETARY STOCK OF ARMENIA DECLINED BY 4,3% TO $2.1 BLN

ArmInfo
02.03.2010

ArmInfo. In January 2010 the monetary stock of Armenia declined by
4.3%, and grew by 18% as compared with January 2009, having totaled
779.8 bln AMD ($2.070 bln) by 1 Feb 2010.

According to the preliminary date of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA)
provided to ArmInfo by the National Statistical Service of Armenia,
in the structure of monetary stock the cash money outside the banking
system declined by 10,6% in January 2010, and by 8,2% as compared with
January 2009, having totaled 252.6 bln AMD by 1 February 2010. The
share of AMD deposits in the total volume of monetary stock made
up 20,5% or 160.1 bln AMD (5% decline in January), and the share
of foreign exchange deposits – 47% or 367.1 bln AMD (0,8% growh
in January). In the structure of AMD deposits, the share of call
deposits made up 60,8% or 97.4 bln AMD (6,7% decline in January),
and the share of fixed-term deposits – 39,2% or 62.7 bln AMD (2,1%
decline in January).

In January 2010 the external assets increased by 0,1% to 356.7 bln AMD
(almost two-fold annual growth). The internal assets declined by 7,7%
in January 2010, and by 13,4% as compared with Jan 2009, having totaled
423.1 bln AMD by February 1, 2010. In the structure of internal assets,
liabilities to the government are fixed at a negative level of 154.7
bln AMD (22,5% decline in January, three-fold annual growth). The
share of economy made up 762.5 bln AMD, having declined by 1,5%
in January (12,7% annual growth), of them 52,4% or 400 bln AMD fell
on organizations (1,4% decline in January), 44,8% or 341.7 bln AMD
fell on home economics (1,2% decline in January), and 1,3% or 10.4
bln AMD fell on non-commercial organizations (4% decline in January).