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Azerbaijan's foreign currency reserves fell by more than $1 billion in August, illustrating the heavy pressure on its manat currency due to falling oil prices and global financial jitters. Central bank data published on Friday showed the oil-rich Caucasus state's reserves fell to $7.315 billion in August from $8.501 billion in July. This compares with a decline of just $18.7 million in July.
The bank's reserves have almost halved from $13.7 billion at the end of 2014 as the central bank has intervened to support the manat.
"August 2015 was difficult from a financial point of view," said a high-placed source at the central bank. "The economies of large countries of the world declined and the price of oil also fell on world markets, which influenced the state of the manat."

Copyright Reuters, 2015

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