The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR1.56 billion and outflows of EUR1.25 billion in August, the data showed.

Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.7 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold price stood at EUR3.66 billion at the end of August, from EUR3.6 billion at the end of July.

Overall international reserves stood at EUR38.620 billion end-August, from EUR38.238 billion end-July 2017.

Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in September 2017 amount to nearly EUR1.38 billion.