Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 9 September 2016
Items not related to monetary policy operations
In the week ending 9 September 2016 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 0.8 billion to EUR 272.3 billion.
US dollar liquidity operations
Value date | Type of transaction | Maturing amount | New amount |
8 September 2016 | 7-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction | USD 350 million | USD 5 million |
The above 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 0.5 billion to EUR 336.2 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) remained virtually unchanged at EUR 1,095.6 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 10.4 billion to EUR 128.6 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 9 billion to EUR 138.6 billion. On Wednesday, 7 September 2016, a main refinancing operation (asset item 5.1) of EUR 43.8 billion matured and a new one of EUR 41.8 billion, with a maturity of one week, was settled.
Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was virtually nil (approximately the same as in the previous week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 385.9 billion (compared with EUR 378.9 billion in the preceding week). The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 19.6 billion to EUR 1,385.2 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.
Monetary policy securities portfolios | Reported value as at 9 September 2016 | Difference compared with 2 September 2016 – purchases |
Difference compared with 2 September 2016 – redemptions |
Covered bond purchase programme 1 | EUR 16.4 billion | - | - |
Covered bond purchase programme 2 | EUR 7.4 billion | - | - |
Covered bond purchase programme 3 | EUR 191.5 billion | +EUR 0.9 billion | -EUR 0.1 billion |
Asset-backed securities purchase programme | EUR 20.2 billion | +EUR 0.0 billion | - |
Corporate sector purchase programme | EUR 22.9 billion | +EUR 2.4 billion | - |
Public sector purchase programme | EUR 1,018.3 billion | +EUR 16.4 billion | - |
Securities Markets Programme | EUR 108.4 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 13.5 billion to EUR 777.5 billion.
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