The Central Bank released its weekly monetary and banking statistics. The data showed that total reserves increased by $4.949 billion in the week of Aug. 21, 2026, rising from $183.500 billion the previous week to $188.449 billion.
Gross foreign-exchange reserves fell by $938 million over the same period, declining from $75.166 billion to $74.228 billion. Gold reserves, meanwhile, rose from $108.334 billion to $114.221 billion.
Reserve trend
The Central Bank's reserve data from January 2024 through Aug. 21, 2026, in millions of dollars, were recorded as follows:
- Jan. 26, 2024: Gold 48,007, gross foreign exchange 89,154, total 137,161
- Feb. 23, 2024: Gold 49,271, gross foreign exchange 82,479, total 131,750
- March 29, 2024: Gold 54,378, gross foreign exchange 68,748, total 123,126
- April 26, 2024: Gold 59,113, gross foreign exchange 64,967, total 124,080
- May 31, 2024: Gold 59,740, gross foreign exchange 83,909, total 143,648
- June 28, 2024: Gold 58,077, gross foreign exchange 84,833, total 142,910
- July 19, 2024: Gold 59,214, gross foreign exchange 94,695, total 153,910
- Aug. 29, 2024: Gold 60,043, gross foreign exchange 89,329, total 149,373
- Sept. 27, 2024: Gold 63,566, gross foreign exchange 93,824, total 157,390
- Oct. 25, 2024: Gold 65,894, gross foreign exchange 93,504, total 159,398
- Nov. 1, 2024: Gold 66,614, gross foreign exchange 93,005, total 159,619
- Dec. 13, 2024: Gold 65,307, gross foreign exchange 98,175, total 163,482
- Jan. 24, 2025: Gold 68,232, gross foreign exchange 99,328, total 167,560
- Feb. 14, 2025: Gold 72,475, gross foreign exchange 100,677, total 173,152
- March 21, 2025: Gold 74,785, gross foreign exchange 88,328, total 163,114
- April 4, 2025: Gold 76,422, gross foreign exchange 77,838, total 154,261
- May 30, 2025: Gold 83,164, gross foreign exchange 70,026, total 153,190
- June 13, 2025: Gold 86,543, gross foreign exchange 72,744, total 159,289
- July 25, 2025: Gold 85,223, gross foreign exchange 86,625, total 171,848
- Aug. 29, 2025: Gold 87,326, gross foreign exchange 91,031, total 178,357
- Sept. 5, 2025: Gold 90,931, gross foreign exchange 89,176, total 180,107
- Oct. 17, 2025: Gold 111,169, gross foreign exchange 87,273, total 198,442
- Nov. 14, 2025: Gold 107,389, gross foreign exchange 80,043, total 187,432
- Dec. 26, 2025: Gold 116,894, gross foreign exchange 76,978, total 193,872
- Jan. 30, 2026: Gold 133,753, gross foreign exchange 84,405, total 218,158
- Feb. 13, 2026: Gold 132,199, gross foreign exchange 79,586, total 211,784
- March 27, 2026: Gold 100,049, gross foreign exchange 55,290, total 155,339
- April 17, 2026: Gold 112,647, gross foreign exchange 61,821, total 174,467
- May 26, 2026: Gold 105,992, gross foreign exchange 53,234, total 159,226
- June 26, 2026: Gold 94,954, gross foreign exchange 54,251, total 149,205
- July 3, 2026: Gold 97,742, gross foreign exchange 61,952, total 159,694
- July 24, 2026: Gold 100,210, gross foreign exchange 62,396, total 162,606
- July 31, 2026: Gold 100,637, gross foreign exchange 63,811, total 164,448
- Aug. 7, 2026: Gold 107,345, gross foreign exchange 71,022, total 178,366
- Aug. 14, 2026: Gold 108,335, gross foreign exchange 75,166, total 183,500
- Aug. 21, 2026: Gold 114,221, gross foreign exchange 74,228, total 188,449
