NBR's International Reserves in March 2001
02.04.2001
At the end of March 2001, amounted to USD 2,823.6 million.
In March 2001, the forex reserves rose by USD 199.2 million as a result of the following operations:
- net inflows from sales of foreign-exchange denominated government securities worth USD 139.8 million, issued by the Ministry of Finance on the domestic market;
- USD 122.1 million net purchases of the central bank on the forex market;
- USD 18.3 million revenues from the international reserve management;
- payments of principal and interest falling due, worth USD 65.8 million, on external public debt, direct and bearing the sovereign guarantee of the Ministry of Finance;
- other net outflows in amount of USD 15.2 million (change in foreign-exchange required reserves set up by commercial banks, surrenders of foreign exchange to official reserves, contributions and bank commissions a.s.o.).
The gold stock stood at 105 tons, but following the developments in the world price of gold, its value decreased to USD 874.3 million, leaving the NBR's international reserves (gold included) at USD 3.7 billion.
The payments on external public debt, direct and bearing the sovereign guarantee of the Ministry of Public Finance, falling due by the end of 2001 run at USD 1,123 million.