Banca Naţională a României

On September 30^th 2011, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,626 million, compared to EUR 32,550 million on August 31^st 2011.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,024 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, as well as the appreciation of the U.S. dollar, Japanese yen and pound sterling against the euro with the impact of increasing the market value of the share of foreign reserves denominated in these three currencies;
• EUR 948 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on foreign currency public 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 4,016 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on September 30^th 2011 stood at EUR 37,642 million, compared to EUR 36,766 million on August 31^st 2011.

During the month of October 2011, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 114.1 million.