  Central bank: weekly digest of currency transactionsAugust 29, 2009 - 15:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Between 24 and 28 August, Dram/Dollar deals in currency inter-bank market was as follows: banks purchased USD 49,134,975 at AMD 374.82/1 US Dollar and sold USD 56,302,217 at AMD 376.58/1 US Dollar.In the same period, sale/purchase transactions in inter-bank market totaled USD 1,000,000, at an exchange rate of AMD 375.90/USD 1. NASDAQ OEMEX did not carry out any transaction in the above period, RA Central Bank's press service reports. On August 17-23, USD loans totaled 9.4 billion, and AMD loans - 15.5 million.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
