NBR's International Reserves in April 2007
04.05.2007
At end-April 2007, foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Romania amounted to EUR 21,412.8 million.
TThe EUR 116.3 million decrease in the month under review owed to the following:
- EUR 482.2 million worth of inflows comprising incomes from international reserve management, change in the foreign-exchange reserve requirements of commercial banks, surrenders to official forex reserves, a.s.o.;
- EUR 598.5 million worth of outflows consisting in principal repayments and interest payments on public and publicly guaranteed external debt, the change in foreign-exchange reserve requirements of commercial banks, bank commissions, a.s.o.
The gold stock stayed at 104.7 tonnes. Following the developments in the world price of gold, its value was stuck to EUR 1,676.8 million; as a result, the international reserves of the National Bank of Romania (foreign exchange and gold) were higher than EUR 23.08 billion.
By end-2007, payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 741 million.