International reserves of the National Bank of Romania

Ljubljana – The financial position of Slovenian households continues to improve as their assets had increased more than debt until the end of the third quarter of 2020. The surplus of assets over debt stood at EUR 45.2 billion, a rise by EUR 3.9 billion at the annual level, the central bank’s report shows.

As of February 29, 2020, the forex reserves of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) rose by 0.9 pct, to EUR 35.830 billion, from EUR 35.505 billion at January 31, 2020, the central bank announced in a release sent to AGERPRES on Monday.

The central bank announced this on Tuesday.

"This level of FX reserves covered 190 percent of money supply (M1) or around six months'' worth of the country's imports of goods and services (almost twice the level prescribed by the standard on the adequate level of coverage of the imports of goods and services by FX reserves)," a press release said, adding:

The increase in inward FDI in Slovenia was mostly attributable to transactions (EUR 1,139.5m), and less to other changes (EUR 198.2m). The largest inflows in 2016 were in the form of equity transactions, which amounted to EUR 938.1m. The largest factors in the increase were foreign investment in financial and insurance activities and in manufacturing (EUR 643.1m).

In August 2015 the debt-to-GDP ratio remained unchanged from July, at 28.4%, according to the Government Debt Monthly Bulletin of Bulgaria's Finance Ministry.

In absolute terms the government debt stood at EUR 12.154 B, down by EUR 2.3 M.

In August 2015, the government debt amounted to EUR 7.892 B, down by EUR 1.5 M from July.

The foreign currency reserves of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) totalled EUR 10.6 billion at the end of July.

This is some EUR 300 million more compared to the end of June.

The National Bank of Serbia's (NBS) foreign exchange reserves amounted to EUR 10.29 billion at the end of June.

This figure was EUR 10.55 billion in May, the central bank said on Monday.

The National Bank of Romania's (BNR) foreign exchange reserves on April 30, 2015, stood at 30.094 billion euros, down by 505 million euros, from 30.599 billion euros on March 31, 2015, as shown by the data BNR released on Monday.

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Foreign currency reserves EUR 10.5 billion

BELGRADE -- National Bank of Serbia's foreign currency reserves totaled around EUR 10.51 billion at the end of March, the central bank announced on Tuesday.

National Bank of Serbia's foreign currency reserves totaled around EUR 10.51 billion at the end of March, the central bank announced on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's gross external debt amounted to EUR 39,040.6 million (91.5% of GDP) in end-January 2015, decreasing by EUR 724.5 million (1.8%) from end-2014 (EUR 39,765.1 million, 94.7% of GDP).