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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 11 October 2013

15 October 2013

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 11 October 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) increased by EUR 0.1 billion to EUR 207.3 billion on account of customer and portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing operations (see below).

US dollar liquidity operations

Date Type of transaction Maturing amount New amount
10 October 2013 84-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction USD 27 million -
10 October 2013 85-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction - USD 113 million

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) decreased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 353.1 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) decreased by EUR 1.6 billion to EUR 920.1 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) decreased by EUR 3.2 billion to EUR 73.4 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 6.3 billion to EUR 512.4 billion. On Wednesday, 9 October 2013, a main refinancing operation of EUR 94.5 billion matured and a new one of EUR 93.4 billion, with a maturity of one week, was settled. On the same day, fixed-term deposits in an amount of EUR 187.5 billion matured and new deposits were collected in the amount of EUR 188 billion, with a maturity of one week.

During the week, a longer-term refinancing operation of EUR 3.4 billion matured and a new one of EUR 3.4 billion was settled, while EUR 7.7 billion of longer-term refinancing operations was repaid before maturity.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.3 billion (compared with EUR 0.1 billion in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 52.6 billion (compared with EUR 55.3 billion in the preceding week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) decreased by EUR 0.4 billion to EUR 246.6 billion. This decrease was due to the redemption of securities acquired under the first and second covered bond purchase programmes. Therefore, in the week ending 11 October 2013 the value of accumulated purchases under the Securities Markets Programme amounted to EUR 188.2 billion, while the values of the portfolios held under the first and second covered bond purchase programmes totalled EUR 42.8 billion and EUR 15.5 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) increased by EUR 2.7 billion to EUR 268 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 343,919 0
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 245,653 283
2.1 Receivables from the IMF 83,479 −14
2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets 162,174 297
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 20,883 −592
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 22,760 −812
4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 22,760 −812
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 753,023 −8,544
5.1 Main refinancing operations 93,366 −1,100
5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 659,342 −7,657
5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
5.4 Structural reverse operations 0 0
5.5 Marginal lending facility 314 213
5.6 Credits related to margin calls 0 0
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 76,035 1,913
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 599,711 −190
7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes 246,574 −419
7.2 Other securities 353,137 230
8 General government debt denominated in euro 28,328 0
9 Other assets 250,110 −2,219
Total assets 2,340,421 −10,160
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 920,120 −1,613
2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 508,620 398
2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 268,047 2,681
2.2 Deposit facility 52,553 −2,783
2.3 Fixed-term deposits 188,000 500
2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0
2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 20 0
3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 5,927 −118
4 Debt certificates issued 0 0
5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 94,146 −9,628
5.1 General government 73,395 −3,187
5.2 Other liabilities 20,751 −6,441
6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 131,122 1,965
7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 2,365 248
8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 3,321 −700
8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities 3,321 −700
8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0
9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 53,565 0
10 Other liabilities 226,281 −712
11 Revaluation accounts 304,534 0
12 Capital and reserves 90,420 0
Total liabilities 2,340,421 −10,160
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