Banca Naţională a României

On September 30^th 2014, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,061 million, compared to EUR 30,875 million on August 31^st 2014.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

• EUR 1,412 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, inflows into the European Commission’s account a.s.o.;
• EUR 1,226 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. Regarding the interest and principal payments on the foreign currency public debt it includes the principal instalments on Romania’s loan from the International Monetary Fund, with the payments totalizing EUR 362 million equivalent.

The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,201 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on September 30^th 2014 stood at EUR 34,262 million, compared to EUR 34,129 million on August 31^st 2014.

During the month of October 2014, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 334 million.