Foreign exchange inflows increased to EUR1.6 billion in May, from EUR924 million in April, while total outflows rose to EUR1.33 billion, versus EUR721 million in the previous month.
Outflows included the equivalent of around EUR1.02 billion representing the payment of the sixth and seventh principal installments and interests on an EUR12.95 billion loan Romania and the International Monetary Fund signed in 2009.
The bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price fell to EUR3.62 billion, from EUR3.75 billion in April.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR36.3 billion in May, slightly down from EUR36.16 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in June amount to EUR555 million, the data showed.