Australia's official reserves decreased in January from the previous month, figures from the Reserve Bank of Australia showed Friday.
Total official reserve assets fell to A$ 62.5 billion in January from A$65.7 billion in December.
Foreign exchange reserves fell to A$50.7 billion from A$54.5 billion in December. Meanwhile, gold reserves increased to A$ 4.1 billion in January from A$3.7 billion in the prior month.
At the same time, SDRs increased slightly to A$5.3 billion in January from A$5.2 billion in the previous month. Reserve position in the IMF rose to A$2.3 billion in January from $2.27 billion in the previous month.
In US dollar terms, official reserve assets decreased to $48.66 billion in January from $53.89 billion in the prior month.
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