Banca Naţională a României

On January 31^st 2012, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,696 million, compared to EUR 33,193 million on December 31^st 2011.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 955 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,452 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on foreign currency public 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 4,393 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on January 31^st 2012 stood at EUR 37,089 million, compared to EUR 37,251 million on December 31^st 2011.

During the month of February 2012, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 180.36 million.