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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 21 April 2006

25 April 2006

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 21 April 2006, the decrease of EUR 42 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the selling of gold by a Eurosystem central bank (consistent with the Central Bank Gold Agreement of 27 September 2004).

The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) remained virtually unchanged at EUR 156.4 billion.

The holdings by the Eurosystem of marketable securities of euro area residents denominated in euro (asset item 7) increased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 95.1 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) decreased by EUR 5.7 billion to EUR 565.9 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) rose by EUR 14 billion to EUR 60.8 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) increased by EUR 9.6 billion to EUR 418.1 billion. On Wednesday, 19 April 2006, a main refinancing operation of EUR 288.5 billion matured and a new one of EUR 298 billion was settled.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.2 billion (compared with virtually nil in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 0.1 billion (also compared with virtually nil in the previous week).

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 2.1 billion to EUR 161.7 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 180,631 −42
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 145,199 −582
2.1 Receivables from the IMF 12,086 −7
2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets 133,113 −575
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 24,693 −843
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 12,069 −388
4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 12,069 −388
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 418,199 9,697
5.1 Main refinancing operations 297,998 9,497
5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 120,000 0
5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
5.4 Structural reverse operations 0 0
5.5 Marginal lending facility 201 200
5.6 Credits related to margin calls 0 0
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 5,342 −93
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 95,061 181
8 General government debt denominated in euro 40,559 −11
9 Other assets 163,054 1,742
Total assets 1,084,807 9,661
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 565,910 −5,691
2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 161,751 2,185
2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 161,679 2,126
2.2 Deposit facility 71 58
2.3 Fixed-term deposits 0 0
2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 1 1
3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 114 0
4 Debt certificates issued 0 0
5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 68,126 13,681
5.1 General government 60,781 13,966
5.2 Other liabilities 7,345 −285
6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 13,612 −28
7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 151 −21
8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 7,551 −1,424
8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities 7,551 −1,424
8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0
9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 5,825 0
10 Other liabilities 67,331 959
11 Revaluation accounts 132,437 0
12 Capital and reserves 61,999 0
Total liabilities 1,084,807 9,661
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