Banca Naţională a României

On July 31^st 2016, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,659 million, compared to EUR 31,729 million on June 30^th 2016.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,167 million inflows representing inflows into the European Commission’s account (EUR 983 million), changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ a.s.o.;
• EUR 237 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 tones. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 4,004 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on July 31^st 2016 stood at EUR 36,663 million, compared to EUR 35,673 million on June 30^th 2016.

During the month of August 2016, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 206 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 September 1^st, 2016. Release calendar: bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

Press release archive: bnr.ro/Press-Releases---International-Reserves-4153.aspx.