International reserves – October 2017
01.11.2017
On 31 October 2017, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,932 million, compared to EUR 33,320 million on 30 September 2017.
During the month, the following flows were recorded:
- EUR 1,961 million worth of inflows in the form of changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts (including the amount resulted from the Ministry of Public Finances issuance of Eurobonds with a nominal value of EUR 1,000 million), inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
- EUR 1,349 million worth of outflows in the form of changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt and other.
The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value equalled EUR 3,649 million.
On 31 October 2017, international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 37,581 million, compared to EUR 36,959 million on 30 September 2017.
During November 2017, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency-denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 161 million.
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The 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 4 December 2017. See the release calendar at: bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.
Press release archive: bnr.ro/Press-Releases-International-Reserves-4153.aspx.