CENTRAL BANK REPORTS RECORD AMOUNT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES

ZAGREB, Aug 12 (Hina) - The National Bank of Croatia said on Tuesday its foreign currency reserves totalled US$ 2.327 billion at the end of June, which was the highest amount this year. At the end of May the reserves amounted to US$ 2.27 billion. The central bank said in a statement that higher reserves had been registered only in August 1996, when they reached 2.333 billion. At the same time, the operative foreign exchange assets of Croatian banks increased from 1.93 billion to 2.06 billion dollars, of which net foreign exchange assets amounted to 1.69 billion dollars while the rest accounted for a short-term debt. (hina) vm jn 121317 MET aug 97