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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 13 July 2018

17 July 2018

In the week ending 13 July 2018 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 263.8 billion.

As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions (asset item 5 minus liability items 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4) rose by EUR 6.4 billion to EUR 75.7 billion.

Base money (liability items 1, 2.1 and 2.2) decreased by EUR 10.3 billion to EUR 3,179.7 billion.

The table below provides the detailed breakdown of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) into the different portfolios. All portfolios are accounted for at amortised cost.

Monetary policy securities portfolios

Reported value as at 13 July 2018

Weekly change – purchases

Weekly change – redemptions

Covered bond purchase programme 1

EUR 4.5 billion

-

-

Covered bond purchase programme 2

EUR 4.1 billion

-

-EUR 0.0 billion

Covered bond purchase programme 3

EUR 256.3 billion

+EUR 1.4 billion

-EUR 0.1 billion

Asset-backed securities purchase programme

EUR 27.8 billion

+EUR 0.2 billion

-EUR 0.0 billion

Corporate sector purchase programme

EUR 163.8 billion

+EUR 0.8 billion

-EUR 0.1 billion

Public sector purchase programme

EUR 2,023.6 billion

+EUR 9.5 billion

-EUR 0.5 billion

Securities Markets Programme

EUR 82.9 billion

-

-

Revisions to some items in the statement published on 10 July 2018

On account of revisions to some assets and liabilities, it has been necessary to update the consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 6 July 2018 (published on 10 July 2018). The following table provides an overview of the items affected:

Asset items:

Revised amount:

Published amount:

2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

EUR 240,588 million

EUR 240,630 million

3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in

foreign currency

EUR 21,439 million

EUR 21,955 million

4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans

EUR 16,662 million

EUR 16,665 million

6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions

denominated in euro

EUR 38,424 million

EUR 37,880 million

9 Other assets

EUR 247,805 million

EUR 249,815 million

Liability items:

3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions

denominated in euro

EUR 7,786 million

EUR 9,084 million

7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in

foreign currency

EUR 5,243 million

EUR 6,173 million

8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities

EUR 10,894 million

EUR 10,523 million

10 Other liabilities

EUR 229,710 million

EUR 229,878 million

The content and format of the weekly financial statement are set out in Annexes IV to VI of Guideline (EU) 2016/2249 of the European Central Bank of 3 November 2016 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2016/34).

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