Banca Naţională a României

On April 30^th, 2017, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 35,960 million, compared to EUR 34,695 million on March 31^st, 2017.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,921 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts (including the amounts resulted from the Ministry of Public Finance issuances of eurobonds with a nominal value of EUR 1,750 million) a.s.o.;
• EUR 656 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 3,861 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on April 30^th, 2017 stood at EUR 39,821 million, compared to EUR 38,572 million on March 31^st, 2017.

During the month of May 2017, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 158 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 June 2^nd, 2017.

Release calendar: bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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