Banca Naţională a României

On September 30^th, 2012, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,427 million, compared to EUR 30,954 million on August 31^st, 2012.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,892 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts (including the amount of EUR 812.18 million resulted from the issuance of bonds by the Ministry of Public Finance on the foreign market), income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,419 million outflows, representing interest and principal payments on foreign currency public debt, changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, payments from the European Commission's account, 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 4,584 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on September 30^th, 2012 stood at EUR 37,011 million, compared to EUR 35,352 million on August 31^st, 2012.

During the month of October 2012, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 122.3 million.