Foreign exchange inflows decreased to EUR2.27 billion in October, from EUR2.89 billion in September, the data showed. Total outflows rose to EUR2.93 billion, from EUR1.42 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.
The bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price fell to EUR4.4 billion, from EUR4.58 billion in September.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR36.17 billion in October, down from EUR37 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in November amount to EUR1.72 billion, the data showed.