Comunicat de presă


International reserves – August 2024

02.09.2024

On 31 August 2024, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 63,187 million, compared to EUR 63,579 million on 31 July 2024.

During the month, the following flows were recorded:

  • EUR 2,397 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 and other;
  • EUR 2,789 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; 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 7,588 million.

On 31 August 2024, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 70,775 million, compared to EUR 71,029 million on 31 July 2024.

During September 2024, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 685 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 2024. See the release calendar at: https://www.bnr.ro/News-calendar-3204.aspx.

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