Banca Naţională a României

On April 30^th 2014, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,440 million, compared to EUR 31,276 million on March 31^st 2014.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,510 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 Finances’ accounts (including the amount resulted from the Ministry of Public Finances issuance of eurobonds maturing in 2024 with a nominal value of EUR 1,250 million) a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,346 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 remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,117 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on April 30^th 2014 stood at EUR 35,557 million, compared to EUR 34,410 million on March 31^st 2014.

During the month of May 2014, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 2,370 million.