Banca Naţională a României

On 28 February 2018, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 35,073 million compared to EUR 33,498 million on 31 January 2018.

During the month, the following flows were recorded: v

• EUR 2,818 million worth of inflows representing 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 Finance’s Eurobond issues with a nominal value of EUR 2,000 million), inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 1,243 million worth of outflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt and other external obligations in foreign currencies (EUR 512 million) and other.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,600 million.

On 28 February 2018, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 38,673 million, compared to EUR 37,095 million on 31 January 2018.

During March 2018, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 96 million.

Note:

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 2 April 2018. See the release calendar at: http://www.bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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