BDL assets at $91 billion up by a yearly six percent. Assets from exchange operations of financial instruments was main growth driver

The Central Bank's (BDL) assets grew by 6.1 percent to $91.4 billion at the end of 2015 compared with the end of 2014.

The growth was mainly driven by assets from exchange operations of financial instruments, which totaled $11.6 billion at the end of 2015 compared with nil a year earlier.

BDL's securities portfolio also contributed to the total asset growth as it surged 29 percent to $18.1 billion. The increase was due to purchases of Treasury bills by the Central Bank, which had ...

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