MNB International Reserves Edge Up to EUR 62.2 Bn

International reserves of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) stood at EUR 62.217 billion at the end of October, up EUR 156 million from a month earlier, preliminary data released by the central bank on Friday show.

Stock of cash, deposits and securities in the reserves rose by EUR 501m to EUR 46.025 billion, while stock of "other reserve instruments" inched up EUR 72m to EUR 1.266 billion.

The value of monetary gold in the reserves dropped EUR 445m to EUR 12.607 billion. Stock of IMF SDRs stood at EUR 1.955 billion and the value of RPFs was at EUR 364 million.

The MNB reserves were EUR 11.974 billion higher than at the end of 2025.

The National Bank of Hungary publishes the end-of-month balances of the components of international reserves twice a month. Preliminary and final data are released on the dates specified in the statistical calendar, expressed in millions of euros and millions of U.S. dollars. The components of international reserves are monetary gold, which includes gold bullion as well as allocated and unallocated gold accounts; SDR claims; RPF (Reserve Position at the International Monetary Fund); foreign exchange claims: currency, current account, deposits, and securities; and other claims: claims not falling into the above categories, e.g., active repo claims.