Banca Naţională a României

On March 31^st 2012, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 34,604 million, compared to EUR 33,387 million on February 29^th 2012.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,220 million inflows, representing inflows into the European Commission’s account, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts (including the euro equivalent amount of EUR 583 million resulted from the issuance of bonds denominated in USD by the Ministry of Public Finances on the foreign market), income from the management of foreign exchange reserves a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,003 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 4,153 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on March 31^st2012 stood at EUR 38,757 million, compared to EUR 37,822 million on February 29^th 2012.

During the month of April 2012, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 196.8 million.