Banca Naţională a României

On December 31^st 2009, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 28,303 million, compared to EUR 28,737 million on November 30^th 2009.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,761 million worth of inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 3,195 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, 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 2,556 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on December 31^st, 2009 stood at EUR 30,859 million, compared to EUR 31,334 million on November 30^th 2009.

During the month of January 2010, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 107 million.