Banca Naţională a României

On June 30^th 2012, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,960 million, compared to EUR 33,519 million on May 31^st 2012.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,237 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 2,796 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 4,161 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on June 30^th 2012 stood at EUR 37,121 million, compared to EUR 37,728 million on May 31^st 2012.

During the month of July 2012, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 127.92 million.