At the end of April, Poland's official reserve assets, managed by the National Bank of Poland, amounted to 254.8 billion eurosand expressed in US dollars USD 297.6 billion – the bank said in a statement. This means an increase of EUR 1.2 billion compared to the end of March 2026 and by USD 6.9 billion. Year on year, assets converted into euros increased by EUR 41.6 billion and when converted into dollars by USD 55.2 billion.
In the context of changes in gold prices since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, its share in reserve assets has declined. According to NBP calculations, the “golden reserves” had a value at the end of April EUR 75.6 billion or USD 88.4 billion, and in Polish zloty it will be PLN 322 billion.
Gold at the end of April was 29.7 percent total NBP reserveswhich means an increase of 0.3 percentage points. compared to March. Due to the decline in gold prices, this is not a record. February this year was record-breaking, when as many as 31 percent reserves were gold.
According to Adam Glapiński, the decline in gold prices should be attributed mainly to sales by central banks of countries threatened by the crisis situation of war in the Middle East. He replaced it bank of Turkey, which disposed of 60 tons in March. He also sold almost 22 tons Azerbaijana over 6 tons – Russia – according to data from the World Gold Council.
On Thursday, gold prices increased by 1.5%. to almost 4.8 thousand hole. per ounce. The monthly decline decreased to just 0.3%. During the week, gold prices increased by 2.9%.
