European Central Bank: End-May 2026
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets
- Memo items
First release: 15 June 2026. Updated: - -
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, EUR millions)
A. Official reserve assets | 122,147 |
1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | 56,440 |
(a) Securities | 48,448 |
of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | ... |
(b) Total currency and deposits with: | 7,992 |
(i) Other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 7,654 |
(ii) Banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | ... |
(iii) Banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 338 |
2. IMF reserve position | ... |
3. SDRs | 1,816 |
4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) | 63,596 |
— Volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 16.346 |
5. Other reserve assets | 295 |
— Financial derivatives | 8 |
— Loans to nonbank nonresidents | 287 |
— Other | ... |
B. Other foreign currency assets | 827 |
— Securities not included in official reserve assets | ... |
— Deposits not included in official reserve assets | 795 |
— Loans not included in official reserve assets | ... |
— Financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | 32 |
— Gold not included in official reserve assets | ... |
— Other | ... |
Total | Maturity breakdown (residual maturity) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Up to 1 month | More than 1 and up to 3 months | More than 3 months and up to 1 year | ||
1. Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Outflows (-) principal | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Outflows (-) interest | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Inflows (+) principal | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Inflows (+) interest | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps) | 40 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
(a) Short positions (-) | -2,713 | -811 | -713 | -1,189 |
(b) Long positions (+) | 2,754 | 826 | 729 | 1,199 |
3. Other (specify) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Outflows related to repos (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Trade credit (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Other accounts payable (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Other accounts receivable (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Total | Maturity breakdown (residual maturity) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Up to 1 month | More than 1 and up to 3 months | More than 3 months and up to 1 year | ||
1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(a) Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(b) Other contingent liabilities | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2. Foreign currency securities issued with embedded options (puttable bonds) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3.1 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by: | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(a) Other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Other national monetary authorities (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— BIS (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— IMF (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(b) Banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(c) Banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3.2 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to: | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(a) Other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Other national monetary authorities (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— BIS (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— IMF (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(b) Banks and other financial institutions headquartered in reporting country (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(c) Banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
4. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(a) Short positions | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(i) Bought puts | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(ii) Written calls | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(b) Long positions | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(i) Bought calls | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(ii) Written puts | ... | ... | ... | ... |
PRO MEMORIA: In-the-money options | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(1) current exchange rates | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(2) + 5 % (depreciation of 5%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(3) - 5 % (appreciation of 5%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(4) + 10 % (depreciation of 10%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(5) - 10 % (appreciation of 10%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(6) Other (specify) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
▪ Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
1. Short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate | ... |
2. Financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (e.g., in domestic currency) | ... |
— Financial derivatives (forwards, futures and options contracts) | ... |
▪ Short positions | ... |
▪ Long positions | ... |
— Other instruments | ... |
3. Pledged assets | ... |
— Included in reserve assets | ... |
— Included in other foreign currency assets | ... |
4. Securities lent and on repo | 287 |
— Lent or repoed and included in Section I | ... |
— Lent or repoed but not included in Section I | ... |
— Borrowed or acquired and included in Section I | ... |
— Borrowed or acquired but not included in Section I | 287 |
5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | 40 |
— Forwards | ... |
— Futures | ... |
— Swaps | 40 |
— Options | ... |
— Other | ... |
6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls | ... |
— Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps) | ... |
▪ Short positions (-) | ... |
▪ Long positions (+) | ... |
— Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency | ... |
▪ Short positions | ... |
(i) Bought puts | ... |
(ii) Written calls | ... |
▪ Long positions | ... |
(i) Bought calls | ... |
(ii) Written puts | ... |
7. Currency composition of reserves | ... |
— Currencies in SDR basket (including IMF reserve positions, SDRs and gold holdings) | ... |
— Currencies not in SDR basket | ... |
Conventions used in the tables: "..." nil or negligible. | |
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