Press release


International reserves – February 2021

01.03.2021

On 28 February 2021, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 35,139 million, compared to EUR 37,454 million on 31 January 2021.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

  • EUR 2,557 million worth of inflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, inflows into the Ministry of Finance’s accounts and other;
  • EUR 4,872 million worth of outflows representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt (including the repayment of the Ministry of Finance’s EUR-denominated bond issue of February 2016 totalling EUR 2,147 million) 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 4,853 million.

On 28 February 2021, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 39,992 million, compared to EUR 42,559 million on 31 January 2021.

During March 2021, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 121 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 April 2021. 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.