Eurosystem: End- September 2024
- 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 October 2024. Updated: 15 October 2025
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, EUR millions)
| A. Official reserve assets | 1,319,657 | 
| 1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | 271,388 | 
| (1a) Securities | 236,226 | 
| of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | 105 | 
| (1b) total currency and deposits with: | 35,162 | 
| (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 28,822 | 
| (ii) banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | 346 | 
| (iii) banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 5,994 | 
| 2. IMF reserve position | 32,711 | 
| 3. SDRs | 185,402 | 
| 4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) | 817,108 | 
| —volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 346.279 | 
| 5. Other reserve assets | 13,048 | 
| —financial derivatives | -25 | 
| —loans to nonbank nonresidents | 12,953 | 
| —other | 120 | 
| B. Other foreign currency assets | 11,825 | 
| —securities not included in official reserve assets | 5,413 | 
| —deposits not included in official reserve assets | 6,360 | 
| —loans not included in official reserve assets | 151 | 
| —financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | -120 | 
| —gold not included in official reserve assets | ... | 
| —other | 22 | 
| 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 | -1,363 | -1,404 | 32 | 9 | 
| —outflows (-) Principal | -1,403 | -1,403 | ... | ... | 
| —outflows (-) Interest | -2 | -2 | ... | ... | 
| —inflows (+) Principal | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —inflows (+) Interest | 42 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 
| 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) | -21,251 | -9,221 | -6,961 | -5,069 | 
| (2a) Short positions (-) | -25,634 | -10,405 | -7,953 | -7,276 | 
| (2b) Long positions (+) | 4,383 | 1,184 | 992 | 2,207 | 
| 3. Other (specify) | -5,075 | -4,927 | 9 | -157 | 
| —outflows related to repos (-) | -4,203 | -4,033 | ... | -170 | 
| —inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —trade credit (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —other accounts payable (-) | -3,652 | -3,168 | -385 | -99 | 
| —other accounts receivable (+) | 2,780 | 2,274 | 394 | 112 | 
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (1a) Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (1b) 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: | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_1a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —other national monetary authorities (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —BIS (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —IMF (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_1b) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_1c) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| 3.2 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to: | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_2a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —other national monetary authorities (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —BIS (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —IMF (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_2b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in reporting country (- ) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_2c) 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (4a) Short positions | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (i) Bought puts | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (ii) Written calls | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (4b) Long positions | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (i) Bought calls | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (ii) Written puts | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| PRO MEMORIA: In-the-money options | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (1) At current exchange rates | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (1a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (1b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (2) + 5 % (depreciation of 5%) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (2a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (2b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3) - 5 % (appreciation of 5%) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (4) +10 % (depreciation of 10%) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (4a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (4b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (5) - 10 % (appreciation of 10%) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (5a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (5b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (6) Other (specify) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (6a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (6b) 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) | ... | 
| —nonderivables forwards | ... | 
| of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | ... | 
| —long positions | ... | 
| —other instruments | ... | 
| 3. Pledged assets | ... | 
| —included in reserve assets | ... | 
| —included in other foreign currency assets | ... | 
| 4. Securities lent and on repo | -9,253 | 
| —lent or repoed and included in Section I | -17,311 | 
| —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 | 8,058 | 
| 5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | -145 | 
| —forwards | 33 | 
| —futures | -1 | 
| —swaps | -177 | 
| —options | ... | 
| —other | 1 | 
| 6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls | -1,935 | 
| —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) | -1,935 | 
| (6a) short positions ( – ) | -2,045 | 
| (6b) long positions (+) | 110 | 
| —aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency | ... | 
| (6a) short positions | ... | 
| (i) bought puts | ... | 
| (ii) written calls | ... | 
| (6b) long positions | ... | 
| (i) bought calls | ... | 
| (ii) written puts | ... | 
| 7. Currency composition of reserves | 1,319,657 | 
| —currencies in SDR basket | 1,291,733 | 
| —currencies not in SDR basket | 27,925 | 
| Conventions used in the tables: "..." nil or negligible. | |