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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 18 November 2016

22 November 2016

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 18 November 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 0.4 billion to EUR 274.5 billion.

US dollar liquidity operations

Value date Type of transaction Maturing amount New amount
17 November 2016 7-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction USD 1.0 billion USD 0.2 billion

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 1.3 billion to EUR 323.3 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) fell by EUR 1.4 billion to EUR 1,099.3 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 13.4 billion to EUR 164.1 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) increased by EUR 2 billion to EUR 85.9 billion. On Wednesday, 16 November 2016, a main refinancing operation (asset item 5.1) of EUR 31.4 billion matured and a new one of EUR 32.6 billion, with a maturity of one week, was settled.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was virtually nil (compared with EUR 0.1 billion in the previous week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 459 billion (compared with EUR 459.7 billion in the preceding week). The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 21.2 billion to EUR 1,572.3 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 18 November 2016

Difference compared with

11 November 2016 – purchases

Difference compared with

11 November 2016 – redemptions

Covered bond purchase programme 1 EUR 13.6 billion - -EUR 0.1 billion
Covered bond purchase programme 2 EUR 7.0 billion - -EUR 0.0 billion
Covered bond purchase programme 3 EUR 200.4 billion +EUR 0.9 billion -
Asset-backed securities purchase programme EUR 21.9 billion +EUR 0.5 billion -EUR 0.1 billion
Corporate sector purchase programme EUR 44.3 billion +EUR 2.2 billion -
Public sector purchase programme EUR 1,182.9 billion +EUR 17.8 billion -
Securities Markets Programme EUR 102.0 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 2.1 billion to EUR 802.5 billion.

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