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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 2 October 2015

7 October 2015

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 2 October 2015 the decrease of EUR 15.6 billion in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected quarterly revaluation adjustments.

The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 1.3 billion to EUR 263.4 billion. This change was due to the effects of the quarterly revaluation of assets and liabilities, as well as to the customer and portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing operations carried out by Eurosystem central banks during the period under review (see below).

US dollar liquidity operations

Value date Type of transaction Maturing amount New amount
1 October 2015  7-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction USD 142 million USD 143 million

The liquidity-providing transactions were conducted by the Eurosystem 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 0.2 billion to EUR 359.1 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by EUR 2.6 billion to EUR 1,054.2 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) decreased by EUR 26.7 billion to EUR 88.7 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 13.1 billion to EUR 391.1 billion. On Wednesday, 30 September 2015, a main refinancing operation (asset item 5.1) of EUR 71.1 billion matured and a new one of EUR 72.6 billion, with a maturity of seven days, was settled.

During the week, a longer-term refinancing operation of EUR 17.3 billion matured and a new one of EUR 11.8 billion was settled. In addition, a targeted longer-term refinancing operation of EUR 15.5 billion, with a maturity of 1,092 days, was settled.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.6 billion (compared with virtually nil in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 148.3 billion (compared with EUR 123 billion in the previous week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 11.4 billion to EUR 642.5 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 2 October 2015 Difference compared with 25 September 2015 – purchases Difference compared with 25 September 2015 – redemptions Difference compared with 25 September 2015 – quarter-end adjustments
Covered bond purchase programme 1 EUR 22.0 billion - -EUR 0.2 billion -
Covered bond purchase programme 2 EUR 10.4 billion - -EUR 0.1 billion -
Covered bond purchase programme 3 EUR 122.8 billion +EUR 3.0 billion -EUR 0.1 billion -EUR 0.4 billion
Asset-backed securities purchase programme EUR 13.1 billion +EUR 0.5 billion -EUR 0.1 billion -
Public sector purchase programme EUR 346.3 billion +EUR 9.7 billion - -EUR 1.3 billion
Securities Markets Programme EUR 127.9 billion - - +EUR 0.3 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) increased by EUR 15.8 billion to EUR 473.3 billion.

Quarter-end revaluation of the Eurosystem’s assets and liabilities

In line with the Eurosystem’s harmonised accounting rules, gold, foreign exchange, securities holdings and financial instruments of the Eurosystem are revalued at market rates and prices as at the end of each quarter. The net impact of the revaluation on each balance sheet item as at 30 September 2015 is shown in the additional column “ Difference compared with last week due to quarter-end adjustments”. The gold price and the principal exchange rates used for the revaluation of balances were as follows:

Gold: EUR 1,002.365 per fine oz.

USD: 1.1203 per EUR

JPY: 134.69 per EUR

Special drawing rights: EUR 1.2522 per SDR

Assets (EUR millions) Balance Difference compared with last week due to
i)transactions
ii)quarter-end adjustments
Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding
  i) ii)
1 Gold and gold receivables 348,849 0 −15,606
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 287,896 −1,999 −1,747
  2.1 Receivables from the IMF 78,917 73 −311
  2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets 208,980 −2,071 −1,436
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 40,993 1,216 −130
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 21,541 455 −44
  4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 21,541 455 −44
  4.2 Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0 0
5 Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 539,538 12,209 0
  5.1 Main refinancing operations 72,551 1,474 0
  5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 466,348 10,121 0
  5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0 0
  5.4 Structural reverse operations 0 0 0
  5.5 Marginal lending facility 640 614 0
  5.6 Credits related to margin calls 0 0 0
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 137,146 −1,257 0
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 1,001,661 11,835 −167
  7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes 642,538 12,787 −1,361
  7.2 Other securities 359,122 −952 1,194
8 General government debt denominated in euro 25,152 0 −24
9 Other assets 224,058 1,431 32
Total assets 2,626,835 23,891 −17,687
Liabilities (EUR millions) Balance Difference compared with last week due to
i)transactions
ii)quarter-end adjustments
Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding
  i) ii)
1 Banknotes in circulation 1,054,220 2,594 0
2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 621,763 41,177 0
  2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 473,281 15,826 0
  2.2 Deposit facility 148,326 25,338 0
  2.3 Fixed-term deposits 0 0 0
  2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0 0
  2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 155 13 0
3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 5,046 172 0
4 Debt certificates issued 0 0 0
5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 167,615 −26,379 0
  5.1 General government 88,701 −26,678 0
  5.2 Other liabilities 78,914 298 0
6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 47,337 7,079 1
7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 2,022 10 −46
8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 4,297 −936 −97
  8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities 4,297 −936 −97
  8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0 0
9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 59,202 0 −254
10 Other liabilities 217,397 175 −603
11 Revaluation accounts 350,735 0 −16,688
12 Capital and reserves 97,201 0 0
Total liabilities 2,626,835 23,891 −17,687
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