NBR's International Reserves in March 2002
02.04.2002
At
end-March 2002, NBR's foreign exchange reserves amounted to USD 4,086.2 million (EUR 4,684.9 million).
- The USD 182.7 million increase in March 2002 was the result of the following operations:
- USD 193.5 million net purchases of the central bank from the forex market;
- USD 11.9 million income from international reserve management;
- USD 59.6 million repayments and payment of interest falling due, on external public debt, direct and bearing the sovereign guarantee of the Ministry of Public Finance;
- USD 36.9 million other net inflows (changes in the foreign exchange required reserves set up by commercial banks, bank commissions, quotas, a. s. o.).
The gold stock stood at 105.2 tons, its value rising to USD 1,025 million following the developments in the international price of gold, leaving the NBR's international reserves (foreign exchange and gold) at more than USD 5.1 billion (over EUR 5.8 billion).
The payments on external public debt, direct and guaranteed by the Ministry of Public Finance due by end-2002 run at USD 1,546 million.