Central bank reserves in Russia

Banco Central de Rusia · Weekly · Importance 45

755.6 (14 Aug) ABS · $B · Semanal · CSV

About this indicator

Source	Central Bank of Russia (CBR)
Frequency	Weekly
Release	Jueves de cada semana, dato referido al viernes anterior (tabla de valores semanales de la CBR)
What it is	The Central Bank of Russia's (CBR) international reserves are the pool of liquid external assets (foreign currency, monetary gold, SDRs, the IMF reserve position and others) held by the central bank. The CBR publishes the total level in billions of US dollars on a weekly basis.
How it's calculated	Each Thursday the Central Bank of Russia publishes the reserve level as of the last working day of the previous week (Friday), in its weekly-values table, expressed in billions of US dollars.
Market implications	A high level of reserves strengthens the central bank's capacity to intervene in the currency market and defend the rouble. Sharp swings may reflect intervention, revaluation of gold or other currencies against the dollar, or shifts in balance of payments flows, in a context shaped by sanctions.
Limitations	The weekly figure is an aggregate total and does not break down by asset type (the detailed composition is published less often). Part of the weekly change reflects valuation effects (exchange rates and the gold price) rather than genuine flows.