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South African Reserve Bank
Release of Selected Monthly Data

International economic data
Changes in gold and other foreign reserves (R millions) Click here for information
Description Jan, 2006 Feb, 2006 Mar, 2006 Apr, 2006 May, 2006
Gross reserves of the Reserve Bank 4,473 3,553 3,861 3,271 14,223
Foreign liabilities of the Reserve Bank -772 274 245 -346 1,699
Net reserves of the Reserve Bank 7,322 2,585 1,690 2,998 -152
Gross reserves of SARB and open position in foreign currency (US $ millions) Click here for information
Description Jan, 2006 Feb, 2006 Mar, 2006 Apr, 2006 May, 2006
Gross reserves of the Reserve Bank(1) 22,166 22,454 22,969 23,842 24,100
International liquidity position of the Reserve Bank(2) 18,698 18,982 19,499 20,078 20,361
Net average daily turnover on the SA forex market (US $ millions) Click here for information
Description Jan, 2006 Feb, 2006 Mar, 2006 Apr, 2006 May, 2006
Total spot transactions(3) 1,537 1,654 1,842 1,981 2,378
Total forward transactions(3) 715 812 650 831 1,019
Total swap transactions(3) 6,869 7,898 7,731 7,373 7,570
Transactions in third currencies(4) 3,017 3,225 3,156 3,436 3,908
Total transactions 12,138 13,589 13,380 13,621 14,875
Exchange rates (averages) Click here for information
Description Jan, 2006 Feb, 2006 Mar, 2006 Apr, 2006 May, 2006
Nominal effective exchange rate against the most important currencies (Index: 2000=100)(5) 97.77 98.34 96.02 97.73 90.76
Real effective rate against the most important currencies (Index: 2000=100)(5) 117.59 118.55 115.93 118.17
SA rand per US dollar 6.0891 6.1177 6.2544 6.0720 6.3199
SA rand per British pound 10.7529 10.6948 10.9070 10.7206 11.8060
SA Rand per Euro 7.3820 7.3093 7.5222 7.4469 8.0833
SA Rand per Japanese yen 0.0528 0.0519 0.0533 0.0518 0.0566
Average daily fixing price of gold per fine ounce Click here for information
Description Jan, 2006 Feb, 2006 Mar, 2006 Apr, 2006 May, 2006
in Rand 3,332.60 3,388.09 3,470.55 3,696.28 4,253.10
in US dollar 549.65 555.62 556.95 611.56 674.75

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Footnotes
1) Gold reserves are valued at market price taken at 14:30 on each valuation date. Other foreign reserves are valued at the middle market exchange rate applicable on a specific date.
2) Up to the end of February 2004 referred to as the 'Net open position in foreign currency of the Reserve Bank'
3) Transactions against the Rand
4) Transactions in third currencies refers to transactions between any two currencies other than the South African Rand
5) Historical information for these series is available at this link

The data in this Release represents an abstract of monetary and economic statistics published regularly in the Reserve Bank's Quarterly Bulletin.
The purpose of this Release is to update selected monthly data.