Banca Naţională a României

On 31 December 2018, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,065 million, compared to EUR 32,531 million on 30 November 2018.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 1,640 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 from the issuance of bonds with nominal value of EUR 251.5 million on the domestic market), inflows into the European Commission’s account, and other;
• EUR 1,106 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 3,735 million.

On 31 December 2018, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 36,800 million, compared to EUR 36,130 million on 30 November 2018.

During January 2019, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 1,037 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 February 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.