Banca Naţională a României

On July 31^st 2010, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,580 million, compared to EUR 31,627 million on June 30^th 2010.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 3,054 million inflows, representing the fifth tranche of the Stand-by agreement, changes in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 3,101 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 2,991 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on July 30^th, 2010 stood at EUR 34,571 million, compared to EUR 34,999 million on June 30^th 2010.

During the month of August 2010, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 177 million.