International reserves – August 2019
02.09.2019
On 31 August 2019, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 35,619 million, compared to EUR 35,473 million on 31 July 2019.
During the month, the following flows were recorded:
- EUR 615 million worth of inflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account, and other;
- EUR 469 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 4,606 million.
On 31 August 2019, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 40,225 million, compared to EUR 39,753 million on 31 July 2019.
During September 2019, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 176 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 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.