The Central Bank of Libya, in its monthly statement on revenue and public spending covering the period from January 1 to August 31, 2025, reported oil revenues and royalties deposited with the bank totaling $15.8 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, foreign currency expenditures reached $21.7 billion by the end of August 2025, resulting in a deficit of approximately $5.9 billion. This deficit was covered by the Central Bank\u2019s investment income from deposits and gold, as well as $400 million from reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the statement, this means the Central Bank withdrew only $400 million from reserves, contrary to circulating claims of larger withdrawals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total foreign assets of the Central Bank during this period amounted to approximately $97.3 billion, compared to $95.5 billion at the end of 2024, indicating an increase in reserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Central Bank of Libya, in its monthly statement on revenue and public spending covering the period from January 1 to August 31, 2025, reported oil revenues and royalties deposited with the bank totaling $15.8 billion. Meanwhile, foreign currency expenditures reached $21.7 billion by the end of August 2025, resulting in a deficit of approximately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":254677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[613,1057,690,908],"class_list":["post-254676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-libya","tag-reserves","tag-revenues","tag-spending"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n