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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 13 February 2015

17 February 2015

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 13 February 2015 gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) remained unchanged.

The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.7 billion to EUR 244.5 billion, on account of customer and portfolio transactions.

During the week, the Eurosystem did not conduct any liquidity-providing transactions in connection with the standing swap arrangement that the European Central Bank has with the Federal Reserve System.

The holdings by the Eurosystem of marketable securities other than those held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.2) increased by EUR 2.7 billion to EUR 377.1 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) rose by EUR 0.9 billion to EUR 1,005.6 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 0.7 billion to EUR 56.0 billion.

Items related to monetary policy operations

The Eurosystem’s net lending to credit institutions (asset item 5 minus liability items 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4) decreased by EUR 66.6 billion to EUR 454.7 billion. On Wednesday, 11 February 2015, a main refinancing operation of EUR 151.8 billion matured and a new one of EUR 104.5 billion, with a maturity of seven days, was settled.

During the week, EUR 9.4 billion of a longer-term refinancing operation was repaid before maturity.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.2 billion (compared with EUR 0.5 billion in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 45.4 billion (compared with EUR 35.8 billion in the preceding week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 2.8 billion to EUR 229.4 billion. The table below provides the detailed breakdown of asset item 7.1 into the different portfolios. All portfolios are accounted for at amortised cost.

Monetary policy securities portfolios Reported value as at 13 February 2015 Difference compared with 6 February 2015 – purchases Difference compared with 6 February 2015 – redemptions
Covered bond purchase programme 1 EUR 27.0 billion - EUR 0.3 billion
Covered bond purchase programme 2 EUR 12.6 billion - EUR 0.1 billion
Covered bond purchase programme 3 EUR 46.0 billion EUR 3.0 billion -
Asset-backed securities purchase programme EUR 2.9 billion EUR 0.2 billion -
Securities Markets Programme EUR 140.9 billion - -

Current accounts of euro area credit institutions

As a result of all transactions, the current account position of credit institutions with the Eurosystem (liability item 2.1) decreased by EUR 6.8 billion to EUR 226.9 billion.

Assets (EUR millions) Balance Difference compared with last week due to transactions
Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding
1 Gold and gold receivables 343,867 0
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 273,815 746
2.1 Receivables from the IMF 79,727 −154
2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets 194,088 901
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 36,692 2,459
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 19,345 −482
4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 19,345 −482
4.2 Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0
5 Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 500,152 −56,947
5.1 Main refinancing operations 104,538 −47,230
5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 395,402 −9,386
5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
5.4 Structural reverse operations 0 0
5.5 Marginal lending facility 211 −306
5.6 Credits related to margin calls 0 −26
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 116,283 51,717
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 606,487 5,502
7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes 229,385 2,786
7.2 Other securities 377,102 2,716
8 General government debt denominated in euro 26,665 0
9 Other assets 229,818 −83
Total assets 2,153,125 2,913
Liabilities (EUR millions) Balance Difference compared with last week due to transactions
Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding
1 Banknotes in circulation 1,005,592 898
2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 272,314 2,804
2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 226,862 −6,843
2.2 Deposit facility 45,428 9,626
2.3 Fixed-term deposits 0 0
2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 24 21
3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 5,377 −11
4 Debt certificates issued 0 0
5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 91,754 3,328
5.1 General government 55,985 749
5.2 Other liabilities 35,769 2,579
6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 71,459 −4,445
7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 2,033 554
8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 7,632 1,959
8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities 7,632 1,959
8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0
9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 56,374 0
10 Other liabilities 214,228 −2,174
11 Revaluation accounts 330,898 0
12 Capital and reserves 95,464 0
Total liabilities 2,153,125 2,913
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