NBR's International Reserves - September 2010
01.10.2010
On September 30th 2010, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,579 million, compared to EUR 31,554 million on August 31st 2010.
During the month, the following flows have taken place:
- EUR 2,570 million inflows, representing the sixth tranche of the Stand-by agreement, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account, inflows in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts (including the third tranche of the loan from the European Commission), income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
- EUR 1,545 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 3,202 million.
The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on September 30th 2010 stood at EUR 35,781 million, compared to EUR 34,798 million on August 31st 2010.
During the month of October 2010, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 90 million.