Banca Naţională a României

On February 28^th, 2010, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 29,739 million, compared to EUR 28,037 million on January 31^st, 2010.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 3,002 million worth of inflows, representing the third and fourth tranches of the Stand-by agreement, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,300 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, payments from the European Commission’s account, 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 2,726 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on February 28^th, 2010 stood at EUR 32,465 million, compared to EUR 30,623 million on January 31^st, 2010.

During the month of March 2010, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 80 million.