Banca Naţională a României

On March 31^st 2010, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,036 million, compared to EUR 29,739 million on February 28^th 2010.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,997 million inflows, representing changes in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 700 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 2,748 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on March 31^st, 2010 stood at EUR 34,784 million, compared to EUR 32,465 million on February 28^th 2010.

During the month of April 2010, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 113 million.