Banca Naţională a României

On November 30^th 2011, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,744 million, compared to EUR 32,198 million on October 31^st 2011.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,103 million inflows, representing inflows into the European Commission’s account, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,557 million outflows, representing interest and principal payments on foreign currency public debt, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions 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 4,276 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on November 30^th 2011 stood at EUR 36,020 million, compared to EUR 36,290 million on October 31^st 2011.

During the month of December 2011, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 108.3 million.