July 15 (SeeNews) - Romania's foreign debt increased to 103 billion euro ($116.4 billion) at the end of May from 99.4 billion euro at the end of 2018, the central bank, BNR, said on Thursday.
The end-May figure includes 69.45 billion euro in long-term foreign debt, up from 67.96 billion euro at the end of 2018, BNR said in a monthly balance of payments report.
Long-term external debt service ratio fell to 19.5% at end-May, compared to 21.2% at end-2018.
Goods and services import cover stood at 4.6 months at end-May, from 4.9 months at end-2018.
The ratio of the BNR’s foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity decreased to 72.6% at end-May, compared to 74.3% at end-2018.
Details follow (in billions of euro):
|
Jan-May '19 |
end-'18 |
Total external debt |
103.526 |
99.417 |
- long-term external debt |
69.455 |
67.966 |
- short-term external debt |
34.071 |
31.451 |
source: BNR
($=0.8865 euro)