4  BIS Review 92/2007  Nevertheless, for purposes of greater transparency, the Planning Document observes that the deficit on a current legislation basis excludes some costs that do not derive from obligations under the law but that are very likely to arise.
As of end 2019, the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) reached $ billion— equivalent to 7.7 months’ worth of imports of goods and services and payments of primary income. This is more than twice the traditional metric used to determine reserves adequacy, that is, equivalent of 3 months worth of imports.