  Armenians tend to keep savings in gold – Ameriabank official   January 30, 2012 - 15:04 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Under the circumstances of economic instability and general financial uncertainty, Armenians prefer to keep their savings in gold, according to Ameriabank CJSC development director. At a news conference in Yerevan, Tigran Jrbashyan commented on dedollarization tendencies in Q3 2011, mostly sparked by the balanced monetary management of the Central Bank of Armenia. “However, in December 2011- January 2012, gold saving tendencies became more obvious,” the bank’s official noted. “Ameriabank was the first in Armenian market to offer relevant services: metal bank accounts and gold structures deposits to facilitate gold savings for those unwilling to keep their funds in euros or dollars,” Jrbashyan noted.  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 |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
