The balance of payments is also well maintained. The current account and capital account still record a surplus, contributed to a sizeable reserves accumulation of around $ billion in April 2010, in line with the exchange rate appreciation trend.
Meanwhile, the banking industry and the domestic financial market also showed a sound performance despite, as I previously mentioned, some pressures during the peak of the crisis brought about mainly by liquidity scarcity perception, and as an impact of flight to safety phenomenon.