Banca Naţională a României

On August 31^st, 2017 the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 34,955 million, compared to EUR 34,636 million on July 31^st, 2017.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,569 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts (including the amount of EUR 500 million from an agreement with the World Bank), inflows into the European Commission’s account of EUR 450 million a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,250 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on foreign currency public debt, the impact of the euro appreciation against some of the currencies held within the foreign reserves (U.S dollar, pound sterling, Japanese yen, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, Swiss franc) a.s.o..

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,665 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on August 31^st, 2017 stood at EUR 38,620 million, compared to EUR 38,238 million on July 31^st, 2017.

During the month of September 2017, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 1,384 million.

Note:

Series of indicators (available from April 2005) can be accessed in different formats (html, xls, xml and csv) in the interactive database.

The next press release on international reserves will be issued on October 2^nd, 2017. Release calendar: bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

Press release archive: bnr.ro/Press-Releases---International-Reserves-4153.aspx.