{"id":191928,"date":"2026-06-15T19:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191928\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:33:39","slug":"central-banks-net-foreign-currency-assets-down-1-2-percent-in-may","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191928\/","title":{"rendered":"Central bank\u2019s net foreign currency assets down 1.2 percent in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 15,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>The Belarusian central bank\u2019s net foreign-currency assets declined by 1.2 percent in May to 39.6 billion rubels on June 1 (about $14.3 billion at the current exchange rate), according to&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central bank\u2019s claims against government agencies dropped by 1.9 percent last month to 11.3 billion rubels, while amounts due to government agencies fell by 7.9 percent to 14.2 billion rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 gold and foreign exchange reserves decreased by $228.6 million, or 1.5 percent, in May to some $15 billion on June 1, still well above the government\u2019s 2026 target of $9.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian currency gained 4.93 percent against the dollar in the first five months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 gross foreign debt rises by 2.9 percent<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 15, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 gross foreign debt rose by 2.9 percent year on year to $38.3 billion on April 1, the country\u2019s central bank said. The public sector\u2019s debt fell by 5.3 percent to $16.8 billion. The debt of the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/191892\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 15,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Belarusian central bank\u2019s net foreign-currency assets declined by 1.2 percent in May to 39.6 billion rubels on June 1 (about $14.3 billion at the current exchange rate), according to&nbsp;Pozirk\u2019s analysis of official data. The central bank\u2019s claims against government agencies dropped by 1.9 percent last month to 11.3 billion rubels, while amounts due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63996,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-191928","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Central bank\u2019s net foreign currency assets down 1.2 percent in May | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 15,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Belarusian central bank\u2019s net foreign-currency assets declined by 1.2 percent in May to 39.6 billion rubels on June 1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191928\/\" \/>\n<meta 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