On December 31st 2015, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,238 million, compared to EUR 32,104 million on November 30th 2015 and to EUR 32,216 million on December 31st 2014, said Romanian national bank in a statement.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

- EUR 1,072 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 938 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 tones. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 3,247 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on December 31st 2015 stood at EUR 35,485 million, compared to EUR 35,459 million on November 30th 2015 and to EUR 35,506 million on December 31st 2014.

During the month of January 2016, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 260 million.