Banca Naţională a României

On 31 October 2018, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,369 million, compared to EUR 31,421 million on 30 September 2018.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 2,723 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 1,750 million), and other;
• EUR 1,775 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 939 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 3,580 million.

On 31 October 2018, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 35,949 million, compared to EUR 34,824 million on 30 September 2018.

During November 2018, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 151 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 3 December 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.