Banca Naţională a României

On October 31st, 2012, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,770 million, compared to EUR 32,427 million on September 30th, 2012.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,271 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 2,928 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 4,407 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on October 31st, 2012 stood at EUR 36,177 million, compared to EUR 37,011 million on September 30th, 2012.

During the month of November 2012 the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 1,725.6 million.