On September 30th 2013, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 33,086 M, compared to EUR 32,173 million on August 31st 2013, central bank announced in a press release.
During the month, the following flows have taken place: EUR 1,856 M 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’ (MFP) accounts (including the amount resulted from the issuance of euro denominated bonds by the MFP on the foreign market of EUR 1,500 M nominal value) a.s.o.; EUR 943 M 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 interest and principal payments on foreign currency public debt category includes the eleventh principal instalment on Romania’s loan from the International Monetary Fund (with the BNR’s payments totalizing EUR 121.6 M and the MFP’ payments amounting to EUR 121.6 M). The gold stock remained unchanged at 103.7 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,300 M. The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on last month stood at EUR 36,386 M, compared to EUR 35,680 M on August.
During this month, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 217 M.
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