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National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,073 million in April 2011

Autor: Bancherul.ro
2011-05-02 14:14
On April 30th 2011, National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,073 million, compared to EUR 32,767 million on March 31st 2011.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

EUR 759 million inflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the European Commission’s account, changes in the Ministry of Public Finances’ accounts, income from the management of foreign exchange reserves, a.s.o.;

EUR 1,453 million outflows, representing changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, interest and principal payments on public and publicly guaranteed external debt and as well as the depreciation of the U.S. dollar and pound sterling against the euro with impact on diminishing the market value of the share of foreign reserves denominated in these currencies.


The gold stock has held steady at 103.7 tones. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,440 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on April 30th 2011 stood at EUR 35,513 million, compared to EUR 36,123 million on March 31st 2011.

During the month of May 2011, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt amount to EUR 238.93 million.