Banca Naţională a României

On October 31^st 2013, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 34,562 million, compared to EUR 33,086 million on September 30^th 2013.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 2,198 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 Finances’ accounts (including the amount resulted from: the first tranche of EUR 700 million from the 2012 agreement with the World Bank, the reopening by the Ministry of Public Finances of the issuance of eurobonds denominated in euro maturing in 2020 with a nominal value of EUR 500 million and the issuance of bonds denominated in euro on the local market with a nominal value EUR 150 million) a.s.o.;
• EUR 722 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 remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,254 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on October 31^st 2013 stood at EUR 37,816 million, compared to EUR 36,386 million on September 30^th 2013.

During the month of November 2013, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 2,506 million.