Banca Naţională a României

On May 31^st, 2017, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 35,483 million, compared to EUR 35,960 million on April 30^th 2017.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 541 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,018 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 May 24 - June 23, 2017 is the maintenance period following the decision to cut the minimum reserve requirement ratio on foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions from 10 percent to 8 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 3,769 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on May 31^st, 2017 stood at EUR 39,252 million, compared to EUR 39,821 million on April 30^th 2017.

During the month of June 2017, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 222 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 July 3^rd, 2017. Release calendar: bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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