Banca Naţională a României

On May 31^st 2012, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,519 million, compared to EUR 34,336 million on April 30^th 2012.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,869 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 Finance’s accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 2,686 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on foreign currency public debt (including the amount of EUR 759.5 million representing the redemption of the Ministry of Public Finance’s Eurobond on May 8th 2012), 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 4,209 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on May 31^st 2012 stood at EUR 37,728 million, compared to EUR 38,526 million on April 30^th 2012.

During the month of June 2012, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 263.88 million.