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Consolidated balance sheet of the Eurosystem as at 31 December 2023

Assets

(EUR millions)

31 December
2023

31 December
2022

1 Gold and gold receivables

649,110

592,898

2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

499,583

523,240

2.1 Receivables from the IMF

229,003

228,488

2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

270,581

294,752

3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

13,876

20,417

4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

20,097

14,224

4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans

20,097

14,224

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

410,290

1,324,347

5.1 Main refinancing operations

14,085

2,406

5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations

396,196

1,321,422

5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations

0

0

5.4 Structural reverse operations

0

0

5.5 Marginal lending facility

10

519

5.6 Credits related to margin calls

0

0

6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

28,707

31,035

7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

4,898,966

5,102,068

7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes

4,694,345

4,937,179

7.2 Other securities

204,621

164,888

8 General government debt denominated in euro

20,917

21,589

9 Other assets

393,943

321,222

Total assets

6,935,489

7,951,039

Liabilities

(EUR millions)

31 December
2023

31 December
2022

1 Banknotes in circulation

1,567,711

1,572,033

2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

3,508,865

3,998,940

2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

174,019

218,933

2.2 Deposit facility

3,334,822

3,778,787

2.3 Fixed-term deposits

0

0

2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations

0

0

2.5 Deposits related to margin calls

24

1,219

3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

58,873

78,335

4 Debt certificates issued

0

0

5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

303,864

564,582

5.1 General government

212,791

436,541

5.2 Other liabilities

91,073

128,041

6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

281,940

540,725

7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

16,382

11,683

8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

4,474

4,753

8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities

4,474

4,753

8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

0

0

9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

177,116

181,121

10 Other liabilities

260,877

290,578

11 Revaluation accounts

635,144

588,053

12 Capital and reserves

120,242

120,237

Total liabilities

6,935,489

7,951,039

Notes: Based on provisional unaudited data. The annual accounts of all the Eurosystem national central banks will be finalised by the end of May 2024, and the final annual consolidated balance sheet of the Eurosystem will be published thereafter.
Totals/sub-totals may not add up due to rounding.

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