Banca Naţională a României

On 31 January 2023, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 50,202 million, compared to EUR 46,636 million on 31 December 2022.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 4,754 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 nominal amounts of approximatively USD 3,753 million from the Ministry of Finance issues of USD-denominated Eurobonds); inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 1,188 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 5,865 million.

On 31 January 2023, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 56,067 million, compared to EUR 52,305 million on 31 December 2022.

During February 2023, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 648 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 2023. 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.