Reserves at the end of September stood at EUR60.06 billion.

The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR4.3 billion and outflows of EUR5.89 billion over the course of October. 

The EUR4.3 billion worth of inflows represent changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves held with Romania’s central bank BNR; inflows into the finance ministry’s accounts and others.

The EUR5.89 billion worth of outflows represent changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves held with BNR; interest payments and principal repayments on foreign currency public debt; payments from the European Commission’s account and others.

Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.6 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold prices stood at EUR11.82 billion.

Romania’s overall international reserves stood at EUR70.37 billion on October 31, 2026, lower than the EUR72.34 billion on September 30, 2026.

Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in November 2026 amount to about EUR1.48 billion.

(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)