January 14 (SeeNews) - Romania's foreign debt rose to 99.4 billion euro ($114 billion) at the end of November from 97.361 billion euro at end-2017, the central bank, BNR, said on Monday.
The end-November figure includes 67.726 billion euro in long-term foreign debt, down from 68.52 billion euro at the end of 2017, BNR said in a balance of payments report for November, citing provisional data.
Long-term external debt service ratio fell to 20% at end-November, compared to 25% at the end of 2017.
Goods and services import cover stood at 4.8 months at end-November, from 5.4 months at end-2017.
The ratio of the BNR’s foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity came in at 72.4% at end-November, against 79% at end-2017.
Details follow (in billions of euro):
|
end-November '18 |
end-'17 |
Total external debt |
99.364 |
97.361 |
- long-term external debt |
67.726 |
68.520 |
- short-term external debt |
31.638 |
28.841 |
source: BNR
($= 0.8724 euro)