Foreign exchange inflows increased to EUR1.37 billion in June, from EUR1.25 billion in the previous month, while total outflows dropped to EUR817 million, from EUR3 billion in May.
In May, 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 in June, but their value adjusted for international gold price increased to EUR3.2 billion, from EUR3.1 billion in the previous month.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR34.44 billion in June, up from EUR33.75 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in July amount to some EUR404 million, the data showed.