Banca Naţională a României

On December 31^st, 2012, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,206 million, compared to EUR 31,167 million on November 29^th, 2012.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,132 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finance’s accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;
• EUR 2,093 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 equivalent 252.05 million representing the payment of the third principal installment and interest on Romania’s loan from the International Monetary Fund ), 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 4,207 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on December 31^st, 2012 stood at EUR 35,413 million, compared to EUR 35,594 million on November 29^th, 2012.

During the month of January 2013 the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to EUR 135.07 million.