Banca Naţională a României

On 31 July 2020, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 36,249 million, compared to EUR 35,002 million on 30 June 2020.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 4,722 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 euro equivalent amount of EUR 2,785 million resulting from the issuance of USD-denominated bonds by the Ministry of Public Finance) and other;
• EUR 3,475 million worth of outflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt, payments from the European Commission’s account 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 5,559 million.

On 31 July 2020, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 41,808 million, compared to EUR 40,269 million on 30 June 2020.

During August 2020, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 305 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 September 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.