The National Bank of Moldova purchased about USD 22.85 mln on the interbank market in December 2006, which is more than 5% of the total turnover of this months on the interbank market. The central bank preferred to purchase US dollars, which have a dominant share on the market. The purchased money is used to increase the reserves that constituted USD 772 mln on January 5 2007. NBM’s total turnover on the interbank market amounted to USD 444.66, which means a daily turnover of USD 21.17 mln. The US currency had a dominant share on the market – 70.21% (USD 312.18 mln), followed by the European currency – 25.52% and the Russian ruble – over 3%. The average exchange rate of the US Dollar constituted USD 1/MDL 13.0269, EUR 1/MDL 17.1564 and RUB 1/ MDL 0.4954.