Eurosystem: End-April 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 May 2026. Updated: 15 July 2026
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, EUR millions)
A. Official reserve assets | 1,887,980 |
1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | 288,305 |
(a) Securities | 262,634 |
of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | 197 |
(b) Total currency and deposits with: | 25,671 |
(i) Other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 18,530 |
(ii) Banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | 742 |
(iii) Banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 6,398 |
2. IMF reserve position | 31,914 |
3. SDRs | 179,181 |
4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) | 1,375,214 |
— Volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 347.478 |
5. Other reserve assets | 13,366 |
— Financial derivatives | 15 |
— Loans to nonbank nonresidents | 13,351 |
— Other | ... |
B. Other foreign currency assets | 18,592 |
— Securities not included in official reserve assets | 7,675 |
— Deposits not included in official reserve assets | 10,634 |
— Loans not included in official reserve assets | 76 |
— Financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | 126 |
— Gold not included in official reserve assets | 59 |
— 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 | -1,721 | -1,729 | 1 | 6 |
— Outflows (-) principal | -1,762 | -1,762 | ... | ... |
— Outflows (-) interest | -2 | -2 | ... | ... |
— Inflows (+) principal | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Inflows (+) interest | 43 | 35 | 1 | 6 |
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) | -28,535 | -10,351 | -10,353 | -7,831 |
(a) Short positions (-) | -32,708 | -12,273 | -11,518 | -8,918 |
(b) Long positions (+) | 4,173 | 1,922 | 1,165 | 1,086 |
3. Other (specify) | -8,477 | -703 | -492 | -7,281 |
— Outflows related to repos (-) | -8,195 | -413 | -502 | -7,280 |
— Inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Trade credit (-) | -2 | ... | ... | -2 |
— Trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
— Other accounts payable (-) | -5,663 | -5,314 | -349 | ... |
— Other accounts receivable (+) | 5,383 | 5,024 | 359 | ... |
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 | -7,582 |
— Lent or repoed and included in Section I | -11,533 |
— 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 | 3,952 |
5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | 141 |
— Forwards | 14 |
— Futures | 1 |
— Swaps | 126 |
— Options | ... |
— Other | ... |
6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls | -3,710 |
— 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) | -3,710 |
▪ Short positions (-) | -3,752 |
▪ Long positions (+) | 42 |
— 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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