Press release


International reserves – July 2018

01.08.2018

On 31 July 2018, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,378 million, compared to EUR 31,766 million on 30 June 2018.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

  • EUR 1,462 million worth of inflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, and other;
  • EUR 1,850 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.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,467 million.

On 31 July 2018, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 34,845 million, compared to EUR 35,349 million on 30 June 2018.

During August 2018, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 188 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 3 September 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.