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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 15 November 2024
19 November 2024
In the week ending 15 November 2024 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.3 billion to EUR 325.3 billion.
The net balance of open market operations and standing facilities (asset item 5 minus liability items 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4) rose by EUR 11.7 billion to ‑EUR 2,896.9 billion. This was due primarily to the change in the level of the deposit facility (liability item 2.2).
Base money (liability items 1, 2.1 and 2.2) decreased by EUR 23.9 billion to EUR 4,657.3 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.
Table 1
Monetary policy securities portfolios | Reported value as at 15 November 2024 | Weekly change – purchases [1] | Weekly change – redemptions |
Securities Markets Programme | EUR 1.3 billion | - | - |
Covered bond purchase programme 3 | EUR 257.1 billion | - | -EUR 0.4 billion |
Asset-backed securities purchase programme | EUR 7.5 billion | - | -EUR 0.1 billion |
Public sector purchase programme | EUR 2,157.5 billion | -EUR 0.2 billion | -EUR 7.7 billion |
Corporate sector purchase programme | EUR 292.9 billion | -EUR 0.0 billion | -EUR 0.5 billion |
Pandemic emergency purchase programme | EUR 1,625.0 billion | +EUR 2.1 billion | -EUR 5.6 billion |
[1] With the discontinuation of the reinvestments under the asset purchase programme, this column may sometimes show negative amounts. These are expected to be infrequent and would result from sales of securities conducted, for instance, for risk management purposes.
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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