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Eurosystem: End- September 2024

  1. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
  2. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets
  3. Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets
  4. Memo items

First release: 15 October 2024. Updated: 15 November 2024

 I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, EUR millions)

A. Official reserve assets

1,318,876

1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies)

270,607

(1a) Securities

235,445

of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area

90

(1b) total currency and deposits with:

35,162

(i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF

28,822

(ii) banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad

346

(iii) banks headquartered and located outside the euro area

5,994

2. IMF reserve position

32,711

3. SDRs

185,402

4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped)

817,108

—volume in millions of fine troy ounces

346.279

5. Other reserve assets

13,048

—financial derivatives

-25

—loans to nonbank nonresidents

12,953

—other

120

B. Other foreign currency assets

11,666

—securities not included in official reserve assets

5,254

—deposits not included in official reserve assets

6,360

—loans not included in official reserve assets

151

—financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets

-120

—gold not included in official reserve assets

...

—other

22

 II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value, EUR millions)

Total

Maturity breakdown (residual maturity)

Up to 1 month

More than 1 and up to 3 months

More than 3 months and up to 1 year

1. Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits

-1,363

-1,404

32

9

—outflows (-) Principal

-1,403

-1,403

...

...

—outflows (-) Interest

-2

-2

...

...

—inflows (+) Principal

...

...

...

...

—inflows (+) Interest

42

1

32

9

2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps)

-21,251

-9,221

-6,961

-5,069

(2a) Short positions (-)

-25,634

-10,405

-7,953

-7,276

(2b) Long positions (+)

4,383

1,184

992

2,207

3. Other (specify)

-5,075

-4,927

9

-157

—outflows related to repos (-)

-4,203

-4,033

...

-170

—inflows related to reverse repos (+)

...

...

...

...

—trade credit (-)

...

...

...

...

—trade credit (+)

...

...

...

...

—other accounts payable (-)

-3,652

-3,168

-385

-99

—other accounts receivable (+)

2,780

2,274

394

112

 III. Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value, EUR millions)

Total

Maturity breakdown (residual maturity)

Up to 1 month

More than 1 and up to 3 months

More than 3 months and up to 1 year

1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency

...

...

...

...

(1a) Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year

...

...

...

...

(1b) Other contingent liabilities

...

...

...

...

2. Foreign currency securities issued with embedded options (puttable bonds)

...

...

...

...

3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines

...

...

...

...

3.1 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by:

...

...

...

...

(3_1a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations

...

...

...

...

—other national monetary authorities (+)

...

...

...

...

—BIS (+)

...

...

...

...

—IMF (+)

...

...

...

...

(3_1b) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+)

...

...

...

...

(3_1c) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (+)

...

...

...

...

3.2 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to:

...

...

...

...

(3_2a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations

...

...

...

...

—other national monetary authorities (-)

...

...

...

...

—BIS (-)

...

...

...

...

—IMF (-)

...

...

...

...

(3_2b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in reporting country (- )

...

...

...

...

(3_2c) banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country ( - )

...

...

...

...

4. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency

...

...

...

...

(4a) Short positions

...

...

...

...

(i) Bought puts

...

...

...

...

(ii) Written calls

...

...

...

...

(4b) Long positions

...

...

...

...

(i) Bought calls

...

...

...

...

(ii) Written puts

...

...

...

...

PRO MEMORIA: In-the-money options

...

...

...

...

(1) At current exchange rates

...

...

...

...

(1a) Short position

...

...

...

...

(1b) Long position

...

...

...

...

(2) + 5 % (depreciation of 5%)

...

...

...

...

(2a) Short position

...

...

...

...

(2b) Long position

...

...

...

...

(3) - 5 % (appreciation of 5%)

...

...

...

...

(3a) Short position

...

...

...

...

(3b) Long position

...

...

...

...

(4) +10 % (depreciation of 10%)

...

...

...

...

(4a) Short position

...

...

...

...

(4b) Long position

...

...

...

...

(5) - 10 % (appreciation of 10%)

...

...

...

...

(5a) Short position

...

...

...

...

(5b) Long position

...

...

...

...

(6) Other (specify)

...

...

...

...

(6a) Short position

...

...

...

...

(6b) Long position

...

...

...

...

 IV. Memo items (EUR millions)

1. Short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate

...

2. Financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (e.g., in domestic currency)

...

—nonderivables forwards

...

of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area

...

—long positions

...

—other instruments

...

3. Pledged assets

...

—included in reserve assets

...

—included in other foreign currency assets

...

4. Securities lent and on repo

-9,253

—lent or repoed and included in Section I

-17,311

—lent or repoed but not included in Section I

...

—borrowed or acquired and included in Section I

...

—borrowed or acquired but not included in Section I

8,058

5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market)

-145

—forwards

33

—futures

-1

—swaps

-177

—options

...

—other

1

6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls

-1,935

—aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps)

-1,935

(6a) short positions ( – )

110

(6b) long positions (+)

-2,045

—aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency

...

(6a) short positions

...

(i) bought puts

...

(ii) written calls

...

(6b) long positions

...

(i) bought calls

...

(ii) written puts

...

7. Currency composition of reserves

1,318,876

—currencies in SDR basket

1,290,953

—currencies not in SDR basket

27,924

Conventions used in the tables: "..." nil or negligible.