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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 16 August 2013

20 August 2013

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 16 August 2013 gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) remained unchanged.

The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 1.7 billion to EUR 211.3 billion on account of customer and portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing operations (see below).

US dollar liquidity operations

Value date Type of transaction Maturing amount New amount
15 August 2013 84-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction USD 1.3 billion USD 0.1 billion

The liquidity-providing transactions were conducted by the Eurosystem in connection with the temporary reciprocal currency arrangement (swap line) 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 1.2 billion to EUR 351.4 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by EUR 1.3 billion to EUR 924.2 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) decreased by EUR 10.9 billion to EUR 57.7 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 6.9 billion to EUR 517.2 billion. On Wednesday, 14 August 2013, a main refinancing operation of EUR 99.4 billion matured and a new one of EUR 97.6 billion, with a maturity of one week, was settled. On the same day, fixed-term deposits in an amount of EUR 192.5 billion matured and new deposits were collected in the same amount, with a maturity of one week.

During the week, EUR 0.7 billion of longer-term refinancing operations was repaid before maturity.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.1 billion (compared with EUR 0.2 billion in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 81.2 billion (compared with EUR 77 billion in the preceding week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) remained unchanged at EUR 252.5 billion. Therefore, in the week ending 16 August 2013 the value of accumulated purchases under the Securities Markets Programme amounted to EUR 192.6 billion, while the values of the portfolios held under the first and second covered bond purchase programmes totalled EUR 44.1 billion and EUR 15.8 billion respectively. All three portfolios are accounted for on a held-to-maturity basis.

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) decreased by EUR 2.5 billion to EUR 281.5 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 319,968 0
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 250,113 16
2.1 Receivables from the IMF 84,665 −971
2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets 165,447 987
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 22,691 −1,539
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 21,876 1,029
4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 21,876 1,029
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 790,931 −2,670
5.1 Main refinancing operations 97,561 −1,852
5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 693,258 −716
5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
5.4 Structural reverse operations 0 0
5.5 Marginal lending facility 111 −101
5.6 Credits related to margin calls 0 0
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 82,123 −2,198
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 603,863 1,202
7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes 252,499 0
7.2 Other securities 351,364 1,202
8 General government debt denominated in euro 28,356 0
9 Other assets 248,601 −6,641
Total assets 2,368,521 −10,800
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 924,226 1,282
2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 555,261 1,712
2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 281,539 −2,496
2.2 Deposit facility 81,202 4,205
2.3 Fixed-term deposits 192,500 0
2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 20 3
3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 6,476 45
4 Debt certificates issued 0 0
5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 81,443 −9,762
5.1 General government 57,696 −10,888
5.2 Other liabilities 23,747 1,125
6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 136,797 1,043
7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 1,422 −472
8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 5,797 641
8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities 5,797 641
8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0
9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 54,240 0
10 Other liabilities 227,759 −5,288
11 Revaluation accounts 284,680 0
12 Capital and reserves 90,419 0
Total liabilities 2,368,521 −10,800
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