THE country’s dollar reserves rose to a 30-month high of $83.955 billion in April on the back of the central bank’s foreign exchange operations and investment income plus foreign currency deposits by the government.

The figure — the largest since October 2016’s $85.105 billion — was also 0.40 percent and 5.4 percent higher, respectively, from March and a year ago, preliminary data released on Tuesday showed.

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