June 2 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange reserves held by Romania's central bank, excluding gold, fell to 53.082 billion euro ($57.151 billion) at the end of May, from 53.341 billion euro a month earlier, the central bank said on Friday.
Foreign exchange inflows amounted to 1.801 billion euro, representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves with the Romanian central bank, inflows into the accounts of the finance ministry and inflows into the European Commission's account, the central bank said in a monthly report.
Foreign exchange outflows totalled 2.06 billion euro, representing changes in credit institutions’ foreign currency-denominated required reserves, interest payments and principal repayments on foreign debt.
The gold reserves of the central bank remained steady at 103.6 tonnes, while their value inched up to 6.11 billion euro at the end of May from 6.014 billion euro at the end of April due to an increase in global gold prices.
The international reserves of Romania, including foreign currencies and gold, totalled 59.192 billion euro at the end of May, down from 59.355 billion euro a month earlier.
In June, the payments due on Romania's foreign currency-denominated public and publicly guaranteed debt will amount to approximately 121 million euro.
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