New manner of communication of CNB international reserves management

Starting in 2021, the Czech National Bank will publish additional data on the breakdown of international reserves, their returns, structure and currency structure. This information, which was previously published once a year in the Annual Report, will be published by the CNB on a quarterly basis.

The first brief quarterly information on the CNB’s international reserves will be published on 7 May 2021 and will contain the volume and structure of international reserves as of the end of 2021 Q1.  Subsequent reports will be published on the CNB website at 10 a.m. on the date of the publication of the balance of the CNB’s foreign exchange transactions as of the end of the previous quarter.

The Czech National Bank, which had previously informed the public in more detail about its international reserves management once a year, decided to take this step following the example of some foreign central banks.

The CNB will continue to present SDDS Plus data on the balance of international reserves every month on the CNB website at https://www.cnb.cz/en/statistics/sdds-plus/.

Markéta Fišerová 
Director of the Communications Division and CNB Spokesperson