Banca Naţională a României

On 30 April 2018, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,539 million, compared to EUR 34,726 million on 31 March 2018.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 589 million worth of inflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 1,776 million worth of outflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt and other. Interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt amounted to approximately EUR 1,416 million, of which principal repayments and interest payments on the European Commission’s loan granted to the Ministry of Public Finance in 2009 came in at EUR 1,239 million.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,626 million.

On 30 April 2018, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 37,165 million, compared to EUR 38,309 million on 31 March 2018.

During May 2018, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 157 million.

Note:

The 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 4 June 2018. See the release calendar at: http://www.bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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