The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR3.252 billion, and outflows of EUR4.959 billion in March, after the central bank lowered minimum reserve requirements on banks’ foreign currency liabilities to 6% from 8% for the period February 24 – March 23.
Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.6 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold prices stood at EUR4.883 billion in March compared with EUR4.992 billion in February.
Overall international reserves stood at EUR39.006 billion end-February from EUR40.752 billion end-February.
Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in April amount to EUR250 million.