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Ekonomia

The euro starts this week with a decline, touching the lowest level since January 4

The euro starts this week with a decline, touching the lowest level since

This week, the euro has begun to fall, the exchange rate with the lek.

According to the official exchange rate of the Bank of Albania, the European currency was exchanged on Monday at 115.44 ALL, marking the lowest level since January 4 of this year.

According to market agents, the exchange rate is showing characteristics similar to the last quarter of last year, with a constant supply of euros and no major movements in the demand for the European currency.

The statistics available until the end of the 9th month of last year showed that the current account deficit resulted in similar levels compared to the previous year, but on the other hand foreign direct investments resulted in the highest historical levels.

Bank of Albania statistics showed that bank deposits in foreign currency grew at high rates last year as well. In particular, deposits in euro increased by 17%.

Indirectly, this shows that foreign currency inflows into the economy were high, not counting the significant informal inflows, which, according to market agents, have an important role in the performance of the exchange rate between the euro and the lek.

Theoretically, the strengthening of the lek may have been influenced by the consolidating side of the monetary policy, as well as the fiscal one. Last year, the Bank of Albania increased the base interest rate at a fast rate, taking it from 0.5% to 2.75%. Meanwhile, although the final budget indicators for 2022 have not yet been published, by the end of November the budget deficit was at significantly lower levels compared to the previous year.

Data from the Bank of Albania showed that at the end of last year 2022 the annual growth of the monetary aggregate M2, which approximates the money supply in lek (stripped of government accounts and deposits), dropped to the lowest level since 2018. This shows a slowdown in the growth of the supply of lek, this factor also has a potential impact on the foreign exchange rate.

Leku vazhdon të shfaqë pozita të forta, në linjë me tendencën e vërejtur në vitet e fundit, madje në nivele më të mira edhe se parashikmet afatshkurtra të analistëve financiarë.

Analiza periodike e Raiffeisen Research për kursin e këmbimit valutor mes euros dhe lekut në muajin janar parashikonte që në tremujorin e parë 2023 që raporti mes monedhave të lëvizte në intervalin mes 116 dhe 118 lekëve, ndërsa parashikimi pikësor për kursin mesatar është i vendosur pranë nivelit të 117.5 lekëve.

Megjithatë, edhe në analizën e mësipërme nënvizohej se risqet për shmangie nga intervali i parashikuar janë kryesisht në favor të lekut, çka do të nënkuptonte një rënie të Euros në nivele edhe më të ulëta.

Sipas të dhënave nga Banka e Shqipërisë, kursi mesatar i këmbimit të euros për vitin 2022 zbriti në 119 lekë, 122.5 lekë që kishte qenë në vitin 2021. Por, gjysma e dytë e viti solli një tendencë në dukshme drejt një mbiçmimi më të lartë të monedhës vendase.

Për tremujorin e fundit 2022, euro u këmbye mesatarisht me 116.4 lekë, ndërsa për muajin dhjetor kursi mesatar ishte edhe më i ulët, në nivelin 114.9 lekë. Në datën 28 dhjetor, euro shënoi edhe nivelin më të ulët të të gjitha kohërave, në vlerën e 112.83 lekëve./Monitor