Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

Rather than have a regional focus in this month’s coverage of cash information in central bank annual reports, we are doing a general catch-up this month, with news from the recently-issued reports of the central banks of Fiji, Romania and Russia.

Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF)

Cash in Circulation: as of July 2023, total currency in circulation stood at just over $1 billion, compared with $973.4 million the previous year (values are expressed in Fijian dollars).

The value of notes in circulation increased by 4.2% to $941.5 million, with the $5, $10 and $100 denominations being the highest circulated notes. The value of coins increased by 5.8% to $74.3 million.

The $1 and $2 coins registered a growth of 5% to $18.9 million and 8.9% to $22.1 million respectively.