Banca Naţională a României

Erratum: During May 2024, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 1,021 million.

On 30 April 2024, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 62,511 million, compared to EUR 64,279 million on 31 March 2024.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

• EUR 1,338 million worth of inflows representing: changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; inflows into the Ministry of Finance’s accounts; inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
• EUR 3,106 million worth of outflows representing: changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt (including the repayment of the Ministry of Finance’s EUR-denominated bond issue in amount of approximately EUR 1,492 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 7,189 million.

On 30 April 2024, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 69,700 million, compared to EUR 71,177 million on 31 March 2024.

During May 2024, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 148 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 3 June 2024. 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.