Banca Naţională a României

On 31 January 2022, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 43,106 million, compared to EUR 40,475 million on 31 December 2021.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 5,152 million worth of inflows representing: changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; inflows into the Ministry of Finance’s accounts (including net amounts of USD 2,100 million from the issuance and the partial early redemption by the Ministry of Finance of USD-denominated Eurobonds and around EUR 1,942 million from the pre-financing of 13 percent of the loan from the European Commission under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – NRRP); inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 2,521 million worth of outflows representing: changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt and other.

The gold stock remained steady at 103.6 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 5,345 million.

On 31 January 2022, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 48,451 million, compared to EUR 45,831 million on 31 December 2021.

During February 2022, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 2,091 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 1 March 2022. See the release calendar at: http://www.bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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