BNR: Balance of payments and external debt, January 2011

Non-residents' direct investment in Romania worth EUR 240 million (as compared with EUR 31 million in January 2010) entirely covered the current account deficit in January 2011. Out of the total figure, intra-group loans2 amounted to EUR 272 million and equity stakes consolidated with estimated net loss to EUR -32 million.

Medium- and long-term external debt at end-January 2011 stood at EUR 72,913 million (79.2 percent of total external debt), 1.2 percent above the level recorded at end-2010.

Short-term external debt at end-January 2011 totalled EUR 19,155 million (20.8 percent of total external debt), up 2.2 percent from end-2010.