July 3 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange reserves held by Romania's central bank, excluding gold, rose to 53.417 billion euro ($58.259
July 3 (SeeNews) – The foreign exchange reserves held by Romania’s central bank, excluding gold, rose to 53.417 billion euro ($58.259 billion) at the end of June, from 53.082 billion euro a month earlier, the central bank said on Monday.
Foreign exchange inflows amounted to 1.415 billion euro, representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the Romanian central bank, inflows into the accounts of the finance ministry and inflows into the European Commission’s account, the central bank said in a monthly report.
Foreign exchange outflows totalled 1.080 billion euro, representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign debt.
The gold reserves of the central bank remained steady at 103.6 tonnes, while their value declined to 5.849 billion euro at the end of June from 6.11 billion euro at the end of May due to an decrease in global gold prices.
The international reserves of Romania, including foreign currencies and gold, totalled 59.266 billion euro at the end of June, up from 59.192 billion euro a month earlier.
In July, the payments due on Romania’s foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt will amount to approximately 306 million euro.
($=0.9169 euro)
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