Banca Naţională a României

On April 30^th 2015, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 30,094 million, compared to EUR 30,599 million on March 31^st 2015.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 536 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account and into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts representing European funds;
• EUR 1,041 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. Regarding the interest and principal payments on the foreign currency public debt, it includes the principal installments on Romania’s loan from the International Monetary Fund, with the National Bank of Romania’s payments totalizing EUR 248 million equivalent.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tones. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,588 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on April 30^th 2015 stood at EUR 33,682 million, compared to EUR 34,263 million on March 31^st 2015.

During the month of May 2015, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 118 million.