OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko on May 16 issued an ordinance to approve the 2013 financial report by the National Bank of Belarus (NBB), the president's press-service said in a release.

The annual report includes information on NBB activities and accounting data.

The document says that the major results of NBB activities in 2013 a slowdown in inflation growth, a relative stability of the exchange rate of the home currency, with timely actions taken to honour external and internal liabilities.

The report says Belarus' banking sector was stable last year. The aggregate registered statutory capital of Belarus-based banks stood at Br31.8 trillion (USD 3.17 billion) as of Jan 1, 2014, up 6.6% year on year. Banking assets reached Br395.2 trillion (USD 39.4 billion) as of Jan 1, 2014, up 23% year on year.

The NBB annual accounting report was audited by Ernst & Young.