International reserves – January 2025
03.02.2025
On 31 January 2025, the National Bank of Romania’s foreign exchange reserves stood at EUR 60,837 million, compared to EUR 62,135 million on 31 December 2024.
During the month, the following flows were recorded:
- EUR 2,716 million worth of inflows representing: changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; inflows into the Ministry of Finance’s accounts; inflows into the European Commission’s account and other;
- EUR 4,014 million worth of outflows representing: changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the NBR; interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt and other.
The gold stock remained steady at 103.6 tonnes. However, following the change in the international price of gold, its value amounted to EUR 8,973 million.
On 31 January 2025, Romania’s international reserves (foreign currencies and gold) stood at EUR 69,810 million, compared to EUR 70,491 million on 31 December 2024.
During February 2025, the payments due on the foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt amount to approximately EUR 543 million.
Notes:
The series of indicators (available from April 2005) can be accessed in different formats (html, xls, xml and csv) in the interactive database.
The next press release on international reserves will be issued on 3 March 2025. See the release calendar at: https://www.bnr.ro/en/2676-calendar.
Press release archive: https://www.bnr.ro/en/2637-international-reserves.