The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR2.18 billion and outflows of EUR2.6 billion in May, the data showed. In April, the country paid an installment of EUR1.2 billion of a 2009 loan from the European Commission, the central bank said.

Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.7 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold price stood at EUR3.71 billion at the end of May.

Overall international reserves stood at EUR36.84 billion end-May 2018, from EUR37.16 billion end-April 2018.

Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in June 2018 amount to nearly EUR1.69 billion.