Finance

Finance minister: Armenia’s off-budget funds total amd 15 billion

YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s off-budget funds not so large – they total AMD 15 billion, Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan said Wednesday in National Assembly.

He said the information about these funds are transparent and available on the ministry and the government’s websites.

Davtyan said that all budget-spending reports will be placed on these sites. He also said that the cabinet ministers made a quite tight decision recently, under which spending of out-of-budget funds will be viewed as that of budget spending.

“Now all the projects of off -budget funds, spending estimates and direct expenses will be carried out in the same regime. Results of this decision will be visible soon,” the minister said.

On January 21, Armenian government tightened rules for spending funds accumulated at state agencies. ($1= AMD 376.29). -0-

04/02/2010 18:21


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Market USD exchange rates
Market EUR exchange rates
Market exchange rates 02/09/2010
Currency Symbol Unit Rate Changes
USA Dollar USD 1 365.03 1.29
Euro EUR 1 468.19 3.8
Russian Rоublе RUR 1 11.90 0.08

Favorable еxchange rates of banks 03/09/2010
Currency Buy Sell
USD 366
ProCreditBank
 367.5
“ArmSwissBank”
Euro 467
Byblos Bank Armenia
ProCreditBank
 472
ArmBusinessBank
Armenian Development Bank
RUR 11.85
"VTB Bank (Armenia)"
BTA Bank
 12
ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK
Ameriabank
ProCreditBank

Macroeconomics
Indicator Term Figures
economic growth,% 2010-06 106.7
GBP, billion AMD 2010-06 1332
inflation, % 2010-07 103.7
Budget deficit (proficit), bln AMD 2010-06 16.9
trade deficit, mln USD 2010-06 -1281.2
foreign trade turnover, mln USD 2010-06 2116.8
foreign trade turnover, % 2010-06 129.8
Gross External Reserves, mln. USD 2010-06 1780
Monetary base, billion AMD 2010-06 434.5
Money supply, billion AMD 2010-06 786.6

Financial market
Indicator Term Figures
Anual interests on loans
Legal entities in AMD 2010-06 13.8
Legal entities in USD 2010-06 12.6
Individuals in AMD 2010-06 22.6
Individuals in USD 2010-06 19.2
Anual interests on deposits
Legal entities in AMD 2010-06 8.4
Legal entities in USD 2010-06 7.2
Individuals in AMD 2010-06 9.8
Individuals in USD 2010-06 5.4
Annual profitability
state stock of CBA, % 2008-08 8
fiscal stock of Armenia, % 2010-06 9.6

The percents of the CBA
Indicator Term Figures
Banking rate 2010-07 13
Repo 2010-07 7.25
Credit 2010-07 10.25
Depo 2010-07 4.25



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