International reserves – July 2016 (press release):

On July 31st , 2016, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 32,659 million, compared to EUR 31,729 million on June 30th, 2016.

During the month, the following flows have taken place:

- EUR 1,167 million inflows representing inflows into the European Commission’s account (EUR 983 million), changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, inflows into the Ministry of Public Finances’ a.s.o.;

- EUR 237 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 4,004 million.

The international reserves of Romania (foreign currencies and gold) on July 31st , 2016 stood at EUR 36,663 million, compared to EUR 35,673 million on June 30th , 2016.

During the month of August 2016, the payments due on public and publicly guaranteed foreign currency denominated debt amount to approximately EUR 206 million.