Banca Naţională a României

On 28 February 2023, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 52,001 million, compared to EUR 50,202 million on 31 January 2023.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 3,250 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 the amounts from the Ministry of Finance’s Eurobond issues with a total nominal value of EUR 2,000 million); inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 1,451 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 5,681 million.

On 28 February 2023, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 57,682 million, compared to EUR 56,067 million on 31 January 2023.

During March 2023, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 153 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 April 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.