NBR's International Reserves in September 2006
03.10.2006
At end-September 2006, foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Romania came in at EUR 18,734.7 million.
The EUR 207.6 million increase in the month under review was due to the following:
- EUR 409.1 million worth of inflows comprising incomes from international reserve management, change in foreign-exchange reserve requirements of commercial banks, surrenders to official forex reserves, a.s.o.;
- EUR 201.5 million worth of outflows consisting in principal repayments and interest payments on public and publicly guaranteed external debt, the change in foreign-exchange reserve requirements of commercial banks, bank commissions, a.s.o.
The gold stock stayed at 104.7 tonnes. Following the developments in the world price of gold, its value fell to EUR 1,598.9 million; as a result, the international reserves of the National Bank of Romania (foreign exchange and gold) ran at more than EUR 20.33 billion.
By end-2006, payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 191 million.