Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 31 December 2014
Items not related to monetary policy operations
The increase of EUR 9.1 billion in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) in the period from 26 to 31 December 2014 reflected quarterly revaluation adjustments.
The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 4.7 billion, to EUR 235.9 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 carried out by Eurosystem central banks during the period under review.
On the days in question, the Eurosystem did not conduct any liquidity-providing transactions 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) increased by EUR 1.7 billion to EUR 372.3 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) decreased by EUR 0.6 billion to EUR 1,016.6 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) decreased by EUR 29.7 billion to EUR 36.8 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 33.1 billion, to EUR 582.1 billion. On Tuesday, 30 December 2014, a main refinancing operation of EUR 119.2 billion matured and a new one of EUR 156.1 billion, with a maturity of one week, was settled.
Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.9 billion (compared with virtually nil in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 48.3 billion (compared with EUR 43.5 billion in the preceding week).
The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 0.3 billion, to EUR 217.2 billion, on account of the amortisation of premia/discounts as part of end-of-quarter processes. The table below provides a detailed breakdown of asset item 7.1 into the different portfolios. All portfolios are accounted for at amortised cost.
| Monetary policy securities portfolios | Reported value as at 31 December 2014 | Difference compared with last week - purchases | Difference compared with last week - redemptions | Difference compared with last week - quarter-end adjustments |
| Covered bond purchase programme 1 | EUR 28.8 billion | - | - | - |
| Covered bond purchase programme 2 | EUR 12.8 billion | - | - | - |
| Covered bond purchase programme 3 | EUR 29.6 billion | - | - | - EUR 0.1 billion |
| Asset-backed securities purchase programme | EUR 1.7 billion | - | - | - |
| Securities Markets Programme | EUR 144.3 billion | - | - | + EUR 0.4 billion |
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 61.8 billion, to EUR 318.2 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 31 December 2014 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 987.769 per fine oz.
USD: 1.2141 per EUR
JPY: 145.23 per EUR
Special drawing rights: EUR 1.1924 per SDR
| Assets (EUR millions) | Balance | Difference compared with last week due to i)transactions ii)quarter-end adjustments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding | |||||
| i) | ii) | ||||
| 1 | Gold and gold receivables | 343,630 | 0 | 9,101 | |
| 2 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 270,231 | −440 | 4,587 | |
| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF | 81,298 | −38 | 1,025 | |
| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets | 188,932 | −402 | 3,562 | |
| 3 | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 27,940 | −1,301 | 588 | |
| 4 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 18,905 | −476 | −52 | |
| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans | 18,905 | −476 | −52 | |
| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 630,341 | 37,855 | 0 | |
| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations | 156,129 | 36,967 | 0 | |
| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations | 473,285 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility | 924 | 885 | 0 | |
| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro | 59,939 | 1,225 | 26 | |
| 7 | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro | 589,511 | −650 | 2,642 | |
| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes | 217,242 | 23 | 318 | |
| 7.2 | Other securities | 372,269 | −674 | 2,324 | |
| 8 | General government debt denominated in euro | 26,715 | −2 | −9 | |
| 9 | Other assets | 241,042 | 1,852 | 3,061 | |
| Total assets | 2,208,253 | 38,062 | 19,944 | ||
| Liabilities (EUR millions) | Balance | Difference compared with last week due to i)transactions ii)quarter-end adjustments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding | |||||
| i) | ii) | ||||
| 1 | Banknotes in circulation | 1,016,616 | −587 | 0 | |
| 2 | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 366,511 | 66,546 | 0 | |
| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) | 318,245 | 61,806 | 0 | |
| 2.2 | Deposit facility | 48,266 | 4,740 | 0 | |
| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro | 4,635 | −245 | 0 | |
| 4 | Debt certificates issued | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro | 64,523 | −28,521 | 0 | |
| 5.1 | General government | 36,770 | −29,663 | 0 | |
| 5.2 | Other liabilities | 27,753 | 1,142 | 0 | |
| 6 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 47,927 | 671 | 17 | |
| 7 | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 1,271 | −39 | 42 | |
| 8 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 4,753 | −2,227 | 193 | |
| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities | 4,753 | −2,227 | 193 | |
| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF | 56,211 | 0 | 717 | |
| 10 | Other liabilities | 221,055 | 2,464 | 3,774 | |
| 11 | Revaluation accounts | 330,733 | 0 | 15,197 | |
| 12 | Capital and reserves | 94,020 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total liabilities | 2,208,253 | 38,062 | 19,944 | ||
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