Banca Naţională a României

On October 31^st 2016, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 34,347 million, compared to EUR 33,299 million on September 30^th 2016.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,777 million inflows representing inflows into the European Commission’s account (EUR 441 million), changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts (including the amount resulted from the Ministry of Public Finances issuance of eurobonds with a nominal value of EUR 1,000 million) a.s.o.;
• EUR 729 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 interval October 24 - November 23, 2016 is the maintenance period following the decision to cut the minimum reserve requirement ratio on foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions from 12 percent to 10 percent.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tones. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,878 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on October 31^st 2016 stood at EUR 38,225 million, compared to EUR 37,256 million on September 30^th 2016.

During the month of November 2016, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 172 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 December 2^nd, 2016. Release calendar: bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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