On April 30th 2016, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 31,471 million, compared to EUR 31,282 million on March 31st 2016.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

- EUR 622 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 433 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 3,737 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on April 30th 2016 stood at EUR 35,208 million, compared to EUR 34,900 million on March 31st 2016.

During the month of May 2016, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 107 million.