International reserves – August 2018
03.09.2018
On 31 August 2018, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,060 million, compared to EUR 31,378 million on 31 July 2018.
During the month, the following flows were recorded:
- EUR 837 million worth of inflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, and other;
- EUR 1,155 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.
The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,448 million.
On 31 August 2018, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 34,508 million, compared to EUR 34,845 million on 31 July 2018.
During September 2018, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 199 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 1 October 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.