Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 3 July 2015

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 3 July 2015 gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) decreased by EUR 19.4 billion owing to quarterly revaluation adjustments and by EUR 81 million owing to the sale of gold by one Eurosystem national central bank for the purpose of producing a commemorative coin.

The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 12 billion to EUR 264 billion. This change was due to the effects of the quarterly revaluation of assets and liabilities, as well as to the customer and portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing operations carried out by Eurosystem central banks during the period under review (see below).

US dollar liquidity operations

The liquidity-providing transactions were conducted by the Eurosystem in connection with the standing swap arrangement 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) decreased by EUR 6.6 billion to EUR 367.5 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by EUR 8.4 billion to EUR 1,047.4 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) decreased by EUR 39.2 billion to EUR 98.4 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 37.7 billion to EUR 431.5 billion. On Wednesday, 1 July 2015, a main refinancing operation (asset item 5.1) of EUR 88.2 billion matured and a new one of EUR 76.4 billion, with a maturity of seven days, was settled.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.6 billion (compared with EUR 0.3 billion in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 112.5 billion (compared with EUR 86.3 billion in the previous week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 12.5 billion to EUR 477.6 billion. The table below provides the detailed breakdown of asset item 7.1 into the different portfolios. All portfolios are accounted for at amortised cost.

This table was updated on 25 January 2018 to correct a typographical error.

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 2.9 billion to EUR 392.2 billion.

Quarter-end revaluation of the Eurosystem’s assets and liabilities

In line with the Eurosystem’s harmonised accounting rules, gold, foreign exchange, securities holdings and financial instruments of the Eurosystem are revalued at market rates and prices as at the end of each quarter. The net impact of the revaluation on each balance sheet item as at 30 June 2015 is shown in the additional column “ Difference compared with last week due to quarter-end adjustments”. The gold price and the principal exchange rates used for the revaluation of balances were as follows:

Gold: EUR 1,047.234 per fine oz.

USD: 1.1189 per EUR

JPY: 137.01 per EUR

Special drawing rights: EUR 1.2573 per SDR