Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 16 June 2017
Items not related to monetary policy operations
In the week ending 16 June 2017 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) decreased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 278.6 billion.
US dollar liquidity operations
Value date |
Type of transaction |
Maturing amount |
New amount |
15 June 2017 |
7-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction |
USD 35 million |
USD 40 million |
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 2.2 billion to EUR 293.7 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by EUR 1.3 billion to EUR 1,131.7 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 37.1 billion to EUR 209.7 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) decreased by EUR 7.4 billion to EUR 171.3 billion. On Wednesday, 14 June 2017, a main refinancing operation (asset item 5.1) of EUR 12.1 billion matured and a new one of EUR 11 billion, with a maturity of one week, was settled.
Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.3 billion (compared with EUR 0.1 billion in the previous week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 607.8 billion (compared with EUR 601.3 billion in the preceding week). The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by EUR 15.2 billion to EUR 2,045 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 16 June 2017 |
Weekly change - purchases |
Weekly change - redemptions |
Covered bond purchase programme 1 |
EUR 8.1 billion |
- |
-EUR 0.1 billion |
Covered bond purchase programme 2 |
EUR 5.6 billion |
- |
- |
Covered bond purchase programme 3 |
EUR 222.8 billion |
+EUR 1.1 billion |
-EUR 0.0 billion |
Asset-backed securities purchase programme |
EUR 23.8 billion |
+EUR 0.1 billion |
-EUR 0.0 billion |
Corporate sector purchase programme |
EUR 93.7 billion |
+EUR 1.6 billion |
-EUR 0.0 billion |
Public sector purchase programme |
EUR 1,592.5 billion |
+EUR 13.0 billion |
-EUR 0.5 billion |
Securities Markets Programme |
EUR 98.4 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) decreased by EUR 30.9 billion to EUR 1,168.4 billion.
| Assets (EUR millions) | Balance | Difference compared with last week due to transactions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding | ||||
| 1 | Gold and gold receivables | 404,075 | 0 | |
| 2 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 322,923 | 1,428 | |
| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF | 77,602 | 187 | |
| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets | 245,321 | 1,241 | |
| 3 | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 28,688 | −1,182 | |
| 4 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 18,309 | 1,598 | |
| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans | 18,309 | 1,598 | |
| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 779,122 | −876 | |
| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations | 11,013 | −1,093 | |
| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations | 767,770 | 0 | |
| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |
| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility | 339 | 217 | |
| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro | 75,531 | 1,868 | |
| 7 | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro | 2,338,700 | 13,065 | |
| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes | 2,044,997 | 15,231 | |
| 7.2 | Other securities | 293,702 | −2,166 | |
| 8 | General government debt denominated in euro | 26,372 | 0 | |
| 9 | Other assets | 239,221 | −1,088 | |
| Total assets | 4,232,941 | 14,812 | ||
| Liabilities (EUR millions) | Balance | Difference compared with last week due to transactions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding | ||||
| 1 | Banknotes in circulation | 1,131,735 | 1,262 | |
| 2 | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 1,776,233 | −24,371 | |
| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) | 1,168,385 | −30,862 | |
| 2.2 | Deposit facility | 607,801 | 6,494 | |
| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls | 47 | −4 | |
| 3 | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro | 7,357 | −1,706 | |
| 4 | Debt certificates issued | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro | 351,738 | 41,536 | |
| 5.1 | General government | 209,665 | 37,143 | |
| 5.2 | Other liabilities | 142,074 | 4,393 | |
| 6 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 149,026 | −3,676 | |
| 7 | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 2,972 | 189 | |
| 8 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 11,024 | 218 | |
| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities | 11,024 | 218 | |
| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF | 59,048 | 0 | |
| 10 | Other liabilities | 229,480 | 1,361 | |
| 11 | Revaluation accounts | 412,030 | 0 | |
| 12 | Capital and reserves | 102,298 | 0 | |
| Total liabilities | 4,232,941 | 14,812 | ||
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