Banca Naţională a României

On November 30^th 2009, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 28,737 million, compared to EUR 28,402 million on October 31^st 2009.

During the month, the following transactions have taken place:

• EUR 2,693 million worth of inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts (including the amounts resulted from the issuance of Euro denominated bonds on the domestic market), income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 2,358 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on public and publicly guaranteed external debt, payments from the European Commission’s account, a.s.o.

The gold stock has held steady at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 2,597 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on November 30^th, 2009 stood at EUR 31,334 million, compared to EUR 30,747 million on October 31^st 2009.

During the month of December 2009, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 76 million.