Consolidated opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008 and Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 4 January 2008
Consolidated opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008 (compared with the financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 31 December 2007)
As announced last week, the ECB is publishing a consolidated opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008 that includes the balance sheet figures from the Central Bank of Cyprus and the Central Bank of Malta, which joined the Eurosystem on that day, together with the consolidated weekly financial statement as at 4 January 2008. In addition, the consolidated opening financial statement of the Eurosystem takes into account the incorporation of the Italian Foreign Exchange Office (UIC) in the Banca d’Italia which took place on 1 January 2008. As a consequence of the entry of the Central Bank of Cyprus and the Central Bank of Malta into the Eurosystem, items previously denominated in Cypriot pounds and Maltese liri respectively have been moved from items “denominated in foreign currency” to items “denominated in euro”. Transactions and balances of accounts held with residents of Cyprus and Malta have been moved from “non-euro area” balance sheet items to “euro area” items. Furthermore, the item capital and reserves (liability item 12) has increased compared with the consolidated weekly financial statement as at 31 December 2007, reflecting both the effect of the entry of Central Bank of Cyprus and the Central Bank of Malta into the Eurosystem and the incorporation of the Italian Foreign Exchange Office (UIC) in the Banca d’Italia.
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 4 January 2008 (compared with the opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008)
Items not related to monetary policy operations
In the week ending 4 January 2008, the decrease of EUR 76 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the sale of gold by one 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) decreased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 155.2 billion on account of customer and portfolio transactions.
The holdings by the Eurosystem of marketable securities of euro area residents denominated in euro (asset item 7) remained virtually unchanged at EUR 98.2 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) fell by EUR 9 billion to EUR 670.8 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 10 billion to EUR 50.1 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 127.4 billion to EUR 397 billion. On Friday, 4 January 2008, two main refinancing operations of EUR 348.6 billion and EUR 20 billion matured and a new one of EUR 128.5 billion was settled. On the same day, fixed-term deposits fell by EUR 102.3 billion on account of primarily the maturity of a liquidity-absorbing fine-tuning operation of EUR 101.6 billion conducted through the collection of fixed-term deposits.
Recourse to both the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) and the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 0.6 billion (compared with EUR 0.1 billion and EUR 9.1 billion respectively in the consolidated opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008).
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 126.3 billion to EUR 143.7 billion.
Consolidated opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008 (compared with the financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 31 December 2007)
| 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 | 201,820 | 274 | |
| 2 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 136,653 | 1,482 | |
| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF | 9,146 | 91 | |
| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets | 127,507 | 1,391 | |
| 3 | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 42,930 | 1,019 | |
| 4 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 15,351 | 1,524 | |
| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans | 15,351 | 1,524 | |
| 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 | 637,176 | 0 | |
| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations | 368,607 | 0 | |
| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations | 268,476 | 0 | |
| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility | 91 | 0 | |
| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro | 26,700 | 2,802 | |
| 7 | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro | 98,223 | 2,178 | |
| 8 | General government debt denominated in euro | 38,705 | 1,642 | |
| 9 | Other assets | 327,686 | 3,077 | |
| Total assets | 1,525,244 | 14,000 | ||
| 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 | 679,822 | 3,145 | |
| 2 | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 382,802 | 3,621 | |
| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) | 269,969 | 2,634 | |
| 2.2 | Deposit facility | 9,135 | 304 | |
| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits | 102,263 | 683 | |
| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls | 1,435 | 0 | |
| 3 | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro | 440 | 314 | |
| 4 | Debt certificates issued | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro | 48,064 | 1,891 | |
| 5.1 | General government | 40,121 | 2,005 | |
| 5.2 | Other liabilities | 7,943 | −114 | |
| 6 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 45,154 | 64 | |
| 7 | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 3,197 | 707 | |
| 8 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 15,698 | 146 | |
| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities | 15,698 | 146 | |
| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF | 5,311 | 33 | |
| 10 | Other liabilities | 125,693 | 1,316 | |
| 11 | Revaluation accounts | 147,665 | 255 | |
| 12 | Capital and reserves | 71,398 | 2,508 | |
| Total liabilities | 1,525,244 | 14,000 | ||
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 4 January 2008 (compared with the opening financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 1 January 2008)
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