Foreign exchange reserves amounted to $ 119,473 million at Sep 2019

Foreign exchange reserves amounted to $ 119,473 million at the end of September 2019, a decrease of $ 339 million from the end of the previous month. The balances account for 31.8 percent of gross domestic product (Figure 1).
The decrease is explained by:
Government transfers abroad amounting to $ 210 million.
Revaluation of foreign currency balances of $ 151 million.
On the other hand, the decrease was partly offset by private sector transfers of about $ 22 million.

The Bank of Israel Foreign Exchange Reserves
Millions of dollars
date
Foreign exchange reserves without balances with the International Monetary Fund (including gas purchases)
Balances with the IMF
Foreign exchange reserves
September 2018
3113,980
1,478
3115,458
October 2018
112,446
1,465
113,911
November 2018
113,405
1,651
115,056
December 2018
3113,525
31,754
115,279
January 2019
3116,418
1,735
3118,153
February 2019
3116,218
1,721
3117,939
March 2019
3116,514
1,705
3118,219
April 2019
117,044
1,699
118,743
May 2019
116,485
1,639
118,124
June 2019
118,460
1,648
120,108
July 2019
118,309
1,685
119,994
August 2019
3118,134
31,678
119,812
September 2019
117,801
1,672
119,473