Banca Naţională a României

On 30 April 2019, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,690 million, compared to EUR 32,030 million on 31 March 2019.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 3,522 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 resulting from the Ministry of Public Finance’s Eurobond issues with a nominal value of EUR 3,000 million), and other;
• EUR 1,862 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 3,820 million.

On 30 April 2019, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 37,510 million, compared to EUR 35,865 million on 31 March 2019.

During May 2019, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 1,186 million.

Notes:

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 June 2019. 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.