Foreign exchange inflows increased to EUR3.3 billion in November, from EUR2.27 billion in October. Total outflows reached EUR3.9 billion, versus EUR2.9 billion in the previous month.
The higher outflows were due to changes in the foreign exchange reserve requirements of the credit institutions, as well as to interest and principal payments on foreign currency public debt, the central bank said.
On November 6, Romania paid the International Monetary Fund EUR726.72 million, representing the second installment and interest on a EUR13 billion loan secured in 2009.
The bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price inched up to EUR4.43 billion, from EUR4.4 billion in October.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR35.6 billion in November, down from EUR36.17 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in December amount to EUR376.5 million, the data showed.