Banca Naţională a României

On 31 May 2020, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 35,646 million, compared to EUR 33,156 million on 30 April 2020.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 8,002 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 3,300 million), inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 5,512 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 steady at 103.6 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 5,166 million.

On 31 May 2020, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 40,812 million, compared to EUR 38,417 million on 30 April 2020.

During June 2020, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 98 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 July 2020. See the release calendar at: http://www.bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

Press release archive: https://www.bnr.ro/Press-Releases-International-Reserves-4153.aspx.