March 18 (SeeNews) - Romania's foreign debt decreased to 98.3 billion euro ($111.3 billion) at the end of January from 99.2 billion euro at the end of 2018, the central bank, BNR, said on Monday.
The end-January figure includes 67.5 billion euro in long-term foreign debt, down from 67.9 billion euro at the end of 2018, BNR said in a monthly balance of payments report.
Long-term external debt service ratio fell to 13.2% in January, compared to 20.7% at end-2018.
Goods and services import cover stood at 4.8 months at end-January, from 4.9 months at end-2018.
The ratio of the BNR’s foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity decreased to 73.1% at end-January, from 75.6% at end-2018.
Details follow (in billions of euro):
|
Jan '19 |
end-'18 |
Total external debt |
98.385 |
99.202 |
- long-term external debt |
67.529 |
67.919 |
- short-term external debt |
30.856 |
31.283 |
source: BNR
($=0.8836 euro)