Foreign exchange inflows declined to EUR1.25 billion in May, from EUR2.51 billion in the previous month, while total outflows rose to EUR3 billion, from EUR1.34 billion in March.
Last month, Romania repaid the International Monetary Fund the equivalent of approximately EUR941 million from a loan taken out in 2009. Additionally, the Finance Ministry made a payment of some EUR1.34 billion, representing the principal and interest on a Eurobond that matured on May 6.
The central bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price declined to EUR3.107 billion, from EUR3.11 billion in January.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR33.75 billion in May, down from EUR35.55 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in June amount to some EUR667 million, the data showed.