Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 11 January 2019
15 January 2019
In the week ending 11 January 2019 gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) increased by EUR 4 million owing to the purchase of gold coin by one Eurosystem central bank.
The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 273.8 billion.
As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions (asset item 5 minus liability items 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4) fell by EUR 3.9 billion to EUR 61.4 billion.
Base money (liability items 1, 2.1 and 2.2) increased by EUR 45.9 billion to EUR 3,241.9 billion.
The table below provides the detailed breakdown of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) into the different portfolios. All portfolios are accounted for at amortised cost.
Monetary policy securities portfolios |
Reported value as at 11 January 2019 |
Weekly change – purchases |
Weekly change – redemptions |
Covered bond purchase programme 1 |
EUR 4.3 billion |
- |
- |
Covered bond purchase programme 2 |
EUR 4.0 billion |
- |
- |
Covered bond purchase programme 3 |
EUR 262.8 billion |
+EUR 0.6 billion |
- |
Asset-backed securities purchase programme |
EUR 27.5 billion |
+EUR 0.0 billion |
-EUR 0.0 billion |
Corporate sector purchase programme |
EUR 178.2 billion |
+EUR 0.2 billion |
- |
Public sector purchase programme |
EUR 2,101.2 billion |
+EUR 5.0 billion |
-EUR 0.2 billion |
Securities Markets Programme |
EUR 73.1 billion |
- |
- |
Revisions to some items in the statement published on 9 January 2019
On account of revisions to quarter-end revaluations of some assets and liabilities, it has been necessary to update the consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 4 January 2019 (published on 9 January 2019). The following table provides an overview of the items affected:
Asset items: |
Revised amount: |
Published amount: |
7.2 Other securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
EUR 246,719 million |
EUR 246,850 million |
Liability items: |
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11 Revaluation accounts |
EUR 376,057 million |
EUR 376,188 million |
The content and format of the weekly financial statement are set out in Annexes IV to VI of Guideline (EU) 2016/2249 of the European Central Bank of 3 November 2016 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2016/34).
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