Banca Naţională a României

On June 30^th 2016, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,729 million, compared to EUR 32,672 million on May 31^st 2016.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 979 million inflows representing inflows into the European Commission’s account (EUR 861 million), changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,922 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 repayment of the principal and interest of the euro denominated bond issued by the Ministry of Public Finances that matured on June 17th 2016 totalizing EUR 1,578.75 million.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tones. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,944 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on June 30^th 2016 stood at EUR 35,673 million, compared to EUR 36,296 million on May 31^st 2016.

During the month of July 2016, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 120 million.

Note:

Series of indicators (available from April 2005) can be accessed in different formats (html, xls, xml and csv) in the interactive database.

The next press release on international reserves will be issued on 1 August 2016. Release calendar.

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