The increase of approximately EUR1.1 billion in the foreign currency reserves in September and the subsequent decrease by EUR1.4 billion in October were mostly due to exchange rate fluctuations and capital flow movements, the central bank said in a statement.
Foreign exchange inflows dropped to EUR383 million in October, from EUR2 billion in September. Total outflows reached EUR1.8 billion, up from EUR948 million in the previous month.
The central bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price increased slightly to EUR4.09 billion, from EUR4 billion in September.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR36.3 billion in October, down from EUR37.6 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in November amount to EUR292 million, the data showed.