Romania forex reserves down, gold reserves value up. See how much the country's coffers value
The country's gold reserves stayed at 103.7 tonnes but its value went up by 3.3 percent in June, to EUR 3.3 billion as the international price of gold went up too.
In total, Romania's international reserves, which include gold and foreign currencies were of EUR 34.9 billion.
BNR has to pay the country's external debt installment, either the direct debt or the one guaranteed by the Finance Ministry, which will take out EUR 876 million from the reserve in July. The cost for servicing this debt in June was of only EUR 161.7 million.