OREANDA-NEWS. October 08 2008.  the end of September 2008, official reserve assets made up LTL 15.6 billion (EUR 4.5 billion). During the month they increased by LTL 90.6 million or 0.6 percent, reported the press-centre of Bank of Lithuania.

The growth of official reserve assets was driven by an increase in central government deposits with the Bank of Lithuania and other factors by LTL 457.4 million and LTL 149.9 million, respectively.

The growth of official reserve assets lessened due to a decrease in deposits of other MFIs with the Bank of Lithuania and currency in circulation respectively by LTL 409 million and LTL 84.7 million, also due to a slump of LTL 23.1 million in external liabilities of the Bank of Lithuania.

Official reserve assets data for October 2008 will be released on 7 November 2008.