Banca Naţională a României

On June 30^th 2010, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,627 million, compared to EUR 31,989 million on May 31^st 2010.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 792 million inflows, representing changes in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,154 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on public and publicly guaranteed external debt, a.s.o.

The gold stock has held steady at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,372 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on June 30^th , 2010 stood at EUR 34,999 million, compared to EUR 35,251 million on May 31^st 2010.

During the month of July 2010, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 876 million.