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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 14 August 2015

18 August 2015

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 14 August 2015 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) decreased by EUR 0.5 billion to EUR 262.3 billion, on account of customer and portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing operations (see below).

US dollar liquidity operations

Value date Type of transaction Maturing amount New amount
13 August 2015  7-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction USD 228 million USD 132 million

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) increased by EUR 0.8 billion to EUR 359.1 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) decreased by EUR 0.5 billion to EUR 1,058.8 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 13.7 billion to EUR 52.8 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) decreased by EUR 17.2 billion to EUR 379.6 billion. On Wednesday, 12 August 2015, a main refinancing operation (asset item 5.1) of EUR 71 billion matured and a new one of EUR 69.7 billion, with a maturity of seven days, was settled.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.8 billion (compared with EUR 0.2 billion in the preceding week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 154.2 billion (compared with EUR 137.7 billion in the previous week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 11.9 billion to EUR 552.8 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 14 August 2015 Difference compared with 7 August 2015 – purchases Difference compared with 7 August 2015 – redemptions
Covered bond purchase programme 1 EUR 22.5 billion - -
Covered bond purchase programme 2 EUR 10.8 billion - -
Covered bond purchase programme 3 EUR 108.1 billion +EUR 1.4 billion -
Asset-backed securities purchase programme EUR 11.0 billion +EUR 0.3 billion -
Public sector purchase programme EUR 269.9 billion +EUR 10.2 billion -
Securities Markets Programme EUR 130.6 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) decreased by EUR 19.9 billion to EUR 424 billion.

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