9 crore 89 lakh 70 thousand US dollars reserve has decreased in one month. As a result, net foreign exchange reserves are currently 19.93 billion.
On January 18, net reserves stood at $3.03 billion.
Bangladesh Bank published this information in the weekly selected economic index at the end of the day on Thursday (February 15).
According to the data of Bangladesh Bank, during the same period, the gross reserve including various funds formed from foreign currency reserves decreased by 20 million 71 lakh 50 thousand US dollars. Net reserves have decreased by less than two times.
According to the data, there is a big difference between the amount of net reserve and gross reserve according to the BPM-6 accounting method of the International Monetary Fund.
The latest gross reserve amount stands at 25.05 billion. On January 18, gross reserves stood at 25.26 billion.
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