EDB: Belarus’ foreign currency reserve assets continue to grow

Reserve assets in foreign currency in Belarus continued to grow, increasing by $89.1 million in October. Such data are given in the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank, writes sb.by.

The review notes:

- Since the beginning of the year, their volume has increased by 540.1 million dollars, and the share in the structure of reserves reached 42.7% against 38.4% at the beginning of the year.

Analysts of the EDB drew attention to the fact that the gold and foreign exchange reserves of Belarus decreased in October by $ 373.7 million to $ 14.26 billion at the beginning of November 2026.

The main reason was the decline in world gold prices by 6.3% for the month, as a result of which its value in reserves decreased by $ 461 million. EDB: the unemployment rate in Belarus has updated the historical minimum