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[Updated 21 January 2025] The migration to the new STEP statistics compilation system has been completed. The tables previously included on this webpage have been migrated to the ECB Data Portal. You can access them via the links below. For more information on the relevant changes to STEP statistics, please consult the “Background” section and this document.

The STEP statistics concern short-term debt securities issued in the context of programmes that have received the STEP label (www.stepmarket.org). STEP includes securities with a short maturity (less than one year) mostly issued by corporate banks. STEP establishes common practices and standards for the documentation of short-term paper programmes with the aim of enhancing standardisation and transparency, and ultimately market depth and liquidity.

The ECB collects data from market participants on a voluntary basis and publishes several aggregates as well as programme-by-programme information.

Available reports

Amounts outstanding of STEP securities by programme and currency from 10 Jan 2025 to 17 Jan 2025
(denominated in EUR millions irrespective of the accounting currency)1
+STEP IDProgram nameProgram ceilingAccounting currencyAmount outstanding
10 Jan 2025		Amount outstanding
17 Jan 2025
+ 0003841Aareal Bank AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 507 481
+ 0001911ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 25,000 2,460 2,460
+ 0002546Achmea Bank NV NEU CP Programme 1,500 1,044 1,044
+ 0002032ACOSS SOCIAL,       NEU      CP 70,000 15,224 16,064
+ 0003564adidas AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 0 0
+ 0001693African Development Bank ECP 2,000 0 0
+ 0001970Agence Centrale des Organismes de Sécurité Sociale Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 70,000 26,979 26,052
+ 0002882Agence France Locale Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 155 205
+ 0003921AIRBUS SE, NEU CP 11,000 0 0
+ 0003622Akzo Nobel N.V. Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 998 998
+ 0003794Alliander N.V. Green Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0003750Allianz SE Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 1,137 1,137
+ 0004170Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 1,057 1,295
+ 0003815AMCO Asset Management Company S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 1,000 0 0
+ 0003670America Movil B.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 455 480
+ 0000092Antalis SA Negotiable European Commercial Paper 11,072 4,737 4,833
+ 0003772ARVAL SERVICE LEASE, NEU CP 4,300 0 0
+ 0004064Asian Development Bank Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 11,538 1,640 1,154
+ 0003232Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 4,808 97 97
+ 0003152AXA Banque NEU CP Not guaranteed 6,000 3,382 3,331
+ 0003520B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c., B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V. and B.A.T. Capital Corporation Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,614 25 25
+ 0002433Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A Paris Branch NEU CP 12,000 200 0
+ 0003301Banco Santander, S.A., acting through its London Branch Certificate of Deposit Programme 20,000 2,488 2,429
+ 0002171Bank of China Limited Paris Branch, NEU CP 8,000 710 595
+ 0003436Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 4,808 1,620 1,733
+ 0000226Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel ECP and CD Programme 25,000 0 0
+ 0000081Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel NEU CP 30,000 27,231 27,146
+ 0004246Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, societe anonyme, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 10 10
+ 0003276Banque Nomura France NEU CP Guaranteed 50 15 15
+ 0003221Barclays Bank Ireland PLC NEU CP 20,000 1,649 1,649
+ 0003115Barclays Bank PLC NEU CP 50,000 4,576 4,551
+ 0002754Barclays Global Commercial Paper Programme 488 488
+ 0000861Barry Callebaut Services NV Belgian Multi Currency Short-Term Treasury Notes Programm 750 861 842
+ 0003542Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Global Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 0 0
+ 0000172Bayerische Landesbank Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 8,000 2,272 2,371
+ 0003516BayWa Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 20 10
+ 0001506Belfius Bank SA/NV Global Multi Currency Short and Medium Term Certificates of Deposit Programme 25,000 3,055 2,960
+ 0002513Belfius Financing Company, societe anonyme, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 514 464
+ 0003553Berlin Hyp AG, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 687 687
+ 0002903BGL BNP Paribas Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,885 398 398
+ 0003356BNG Bank N.V. Euro-commercial paper programme. 20,000 13,883 14,393
+ 0000066BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV Global Multi-currency Short Term Certficates of Deposit Programme 4,515 4,515
+ 0000055BNP Paribas Negotiable European Commercial Paper 70,000 15,371 15,853
+ 0001623BPCE Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 4,291 4,057
+ 0001645BPCE NEU CP 60,000 21,095 21,127
+ 0002685Bpifrance NEU CP Guaranteed 9,000 6,233 6,466
+ 0001116BRED Banque Populaire, NEU CP 15,000 7,230 6,874
+ 0003126Bridgestone Europe NV/SA Euro Commercial Paper Programme 500 460 460
+ 0003046CA Auto Bank S.p.A. (acting through its Irish Branch) Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,250 152 152
+ 0002561Caisse Centrale du Crédit Immobilier de France 3CIF Guaranteed Negotiable European Commercial Paper 8,000 0 0
+ 0002663Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 6,000 1,442 1,442
+ 0003713Caterpillar International Finance DAC, Caterpillar International Finance Luxembourg S.à r.l. and Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0002583Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper 1,000 215 215
+ 0002524COFACE SA, NEU CP 700 576 576
+ 0003863Cofinimmo SA/NV Global Multi-Currency Short and Medium Term Belgian Sustainable Treasury Notes Programme 1,250 797 744
+ 0002652Collateralized Commercial Paper III Co., LLC Commercial Paper Notes Programme 19,231 8,392 8,499
+ 0000376Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 360 543
+ 0000033Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, NEU CP 2,500 250 255
+ 0003611Continental Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 310 360
+ 0002240Council of Europe Development Bank Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 291 689
+ 0000296Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, NEU CP 30,000 571 696
+ 0002455Credit Agricole SA NEU CP 40,000 16,956 17,425
+ 0004122Credito Emiliano S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 1,000 213 213
+ 0003265Crédit Municipal de Paris NEU CP 1,000 423 423
+ 0002353Danske Bank A/S Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 13,000 4,773 4,840
+ 0001955Danske Bank A/S, NEU CP 10,000 250 280
+ 0002845de Volksbank N.V Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 4,000 657 709
+ 0002856de Volksbank N.V. NEU CP 4,000 495 539
+ 0002765DekaBank Commercial Paper Programme 15,000 6,072 6,072
+ 0002823Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG Commercial Paper programme 5,000 1,646 1,646
+ 0002626Dexia S.A. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 15,000 5,379 5,856
+ 0002801DIAC S.A. NEU CP 1,000 30 30
+ 0003440DSM B.V. Euro Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 0 0
+ 0002065DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, DZ PRIVATBANK S.A., DZ BANK Multi-Issuer Euro Commercial Paper Programme 25,000 8,582 7,230
+ 0003403E.ON SE Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 0 0
+ 0002925Ecolab euro-commercial paper programme 1,923 0 0
+ 0002193ELO, NEU CP 500 0 16
+ 0003414ENEL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL N.V. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target Guaranteed Euro- Commercial Paper Programme 8,000 1,806 1,806
+ 0000733Eni S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 6,000 0 0
+ 0002951Erste Group Bank AG Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit Programme 2,215 3,027
+ 0004086Esprinet S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 300 1 1
+ 0003185Euroclear Bank SA/NV Multi-currency Programme for the issue of short-term Certificates of Deposit 20,000 1,570 1,570
+ 0000343European Investment Bank Global Commercial Paper Programme 21,576 22,857
+ 0004213European Stability Mechanism Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 0 0
+ 0003061EXOR N.V. Euro-commercial Paper Programme 500 0 0
+ 0004100Ferrovial SE Sustainability Target Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 208 114
+ 0004155Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 160 335
+ 0003002Fincantieri S.p.A Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 500 239 246
+ 0002860Fingrid Oyj Green Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 600 195 175
+ 0003702Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide Euro Commercial Paper Programme 500 0 0
+ 0003666GEA Group Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 500 0 0
+ 0003783Generalfinance S.p.A. Commercial Paper Programme 100 65 65
+ 0003980Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE Certificate of Deposit Programme 696 696
+ 0002641Goldman Sachs International Bank Certificate of Deposit Programme 15,151 15,830
+ 0003943Hamburg Commercial Bank AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 1,067 1,117
+ 0004235Haniel NowCM Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 110 110
+ 0004031HeidelbergCement AG Multi-Currency Sustainability Target Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 0 0
+ 0002776Heineken N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 0 0
+ 0001496HELABA Landesbank Hessen Thuringen Girozentrale Multi Currency Euro Commercial Paper and Euro Certificate of Deposit Programme 10,000 1,158 1,188
+ 0000926HELABA Landesbank Hessen Thuringen Girozentrale NEU CP 6,000 0 0
+ 0003425Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 100 100
+ 0003495HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 750 0 0
+ 0004042Holcim Sterling Finance (Netherlands) B.V. and Holcim Finance (Luxembourg) S.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme for the issuance of Notes and ESG Notes 3,000 0 0
+ 0000230HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE NEU CP 20,000 6,205 6,205
+ 0004090Hungary Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 485 485
+ 0000766Iberdrola International B.V. Sustainability Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 6,000 3,671 3,892
+ 0003724IDB Invest Sustainable Commercial Paper Programme 2,885 0 0
+ 0002182Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited acting through its Luxembourg Branch NEU CP 2,700 30 30
+ 0004166ING Bank N.V. and ING Bank N.V. acting through its Sydney Branch Green Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme. 20,000 0 0
+ 0000135ING Bank NV ECP and CD Programme 20,000 10,843 12,434
+ 0001036ING Bank NV NEU CP 20,000 10,829 11,310
+ 0003254International Development Association Bills Programme, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,100 9,905
+ 0000215Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Ireland p.l.c., Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Luxembourg, société anonyme and Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. Guaranteed Euro Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit and Commercial Paper (Cambiali Finanziarie) Programme 30,000 14,104 14,852
+ 0001383Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A NEU CP 15,000 0 0
+ 0001900Investec Bank plc Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0002706Ireland, acting through The National Treasury Management Agency, Euro Commercial Paper Programme 48,077 0 0
+ 0002940Johnson Controls International plc euro-commercial paper prorgamme 2,000 300 300
+ 0002936JT International Financial Services B.V. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0004005Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 300 0 0
+ 0000755Jyske Bank A/S NEU CP 10,000 5,078 4,345
+ 0001415KBC Bank NV Multi Currency Short Term Certificate of Deposit Programme 20,000 4,201 3,967
+ 0003954KBC Group NV Multicurrency Short Term Certificate of Deposit Program 2,000 40 40
+ 0000274KfW Multi Currency Commercial Paper Programme 90,000 15,991 15,163
+ 0001543Kingdom of Sweden ECP Programme 7,637 8,494
+ 0003462KION GROUP AG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 750 0 0
+ 0000412Klepierre NEU CP 1,500 1,035 1,035
+ 0001820Kommunalbanken AS Euro-Commercial Paper 1,668 824
+ 0001671Kommuninvest i Sverige Aktiebolag (publ) Euro-Commercial Paper 10,000 0 0
+ 0003575Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. Sustainability-Linked Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0002973KONINKLIJKE FRIESLANDCAMPINA N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0003484Koninklijke KPN N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0003083La Banque Postale Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 1,134 940
+ 0002466La Banque Postale NEU CP 20,000 11,001 11,501
+ 0000904Landesbank Baden Wurttemberg Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 7,178 7,134
+ 0001324Landesbank Baden Wurttemberg NEU CP 5,000 0 0
+ 0004133Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 8,476 8,164
+ 0003965Leonardo S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 1,000 0 0
+ 0003072Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 7,500 3,827 3,827
+ 0003976LMA Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 11,503 11,392
+ 0003991LMA, NEU CP 25,000 542 475
+ 0004053London Stock Exchange Group plc, LSEGA Financing PLC and LSEG Netherlands B.V. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,786 396 396
+ 0003735M&G plc Unlimited Global Commercial Paper Programme for the issuance of Euro Commercial Paper and US Commercial Paper 0 0
+ 0003906MAIRE S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme for the issuance of Notes 300 157 163
+ 0000700Matchpoint Finance plc Negotiable European Commercial Paper 20,000 1,912 1,912
+ 0003896Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 4,000 0 0
+ 0001372Mediobanca International (Luxembourg) SA Euro Commercial Paper Guaranteed Programme 4,000 0 0
+ 0001255Mediobanca International Luxembourg S.A. NEU CP 4,000 1,617 1,674
+ 0003531Merck Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,500 0 0
+ 0003382METRO AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 393 473
+ 0002674Mitsui & Co. Financial Services (Europe) Plc Euro-Commercial Paper 1,442 0 0
+ 0001426MUFG BANK Ltd Paris Branch, NEU CP 4,000 0 0
+ 0000963Munchener Hypothekenbank eG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 120 120
+ 0003692Municipality Finance Plc euro-commercial paper programme 10,000 3,621 3,206
+ 0003243My Money Bank NEU CP 500 0 0
+ 0003050N.V. Eneco Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,250 530 720
+ 0003013National Westminster Bank plc Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 711 473
+ 0000770Natixis Negotiable European Commercial Paper 45,000 12,420 12,249
+ 0002411NatWest Group plc Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 0 0
+ 0003360NatWest Markets N.V. Euro Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 1,896 2,056
+ 0001014NatWest Markets plc Euro Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 1,893 1,875
+ 0002721Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 25,000 10,276 15,538
+ 0003910NEU CP DEXIA Guaranteed Senior Unsecured 5,000 210 252
+ 0002696NIBC Bank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 10 10
+ 0003280Nomura Bank International PLC Multi-currency Euro-commercial paper and Euro-certificate of Deposit programme 1,442 773 783
+ 0000974Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 0 0
+ 0003141Nordea Bank Abp Euro-commercial Paper Programme 20,000 3,743 3,843
+ 0003174Nordea Bank Abp NEU CP 15,000 1,262 1,782
+ 0001142Nordic Investment Bank Euro Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 0 0
+ 0004020Novo Nordisk A/S and Novo Nordisk Finance (Netherlands) B.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 768 438
+ 0001025Nykredit Bank A/S Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 3,000 1,173 1,270
+ 0001762OP Corporate Bank plc ECP and CD Programme 18,000 4,507 4,297
+ 0004016OPEL BANK, NEU CP 200 10 10
+ 0001660Paccar Financial Europe BV and Paccar Financial plc Multi Issuer ECP Programme 2,000 720 746
+ 0001751Proximus Multi-currency Multi-jurisdiction Programme for the Issue of Short Term Treasury Notes 1,000 0 0
+ 0000070RCI Banque S.A. NEU CP 4,500 943 883
+ 0002871RELX Finance B.V. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 0 0
+ 0003586REN-Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. and REN Finance B.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 600 310 310
+ 0003852Repsol Europe Finance Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 1,037 1,037
+ 0002342Republic of Cyprus Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 0 0
+ 0003590Republic of Italy Italian Treasury Bills Programme 20,000 0 0
+ 0003600RWE AG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 50 50
+ 0000915Sanofi NEU CP 6,000 0 0
+ 0004075Santander Consumer Bank AG Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 7,000 2,426 2,426
+ 0002962Santander UK Plc Euro-commercial Paper Programme 9,615 172 172
+ 0002400SES and SES Global Americas Holdings GP Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0002812SFIL NEU CP 3,000 746 672
+ 0003826Siemens Energy AG and Siemens Energy Finance B.V. Euro Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 0 0
+ 0004224SMBC Bank EU AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 240 220
+ 0003196SNAM S.p.A. Euro-commercial Paper Programme 3,500 1,490 1,938
+ 0000011SOCIETE GENERALE, NEU CP 60,000 12,183 12,528
+ 0000124Société Générale ECP and ECD Programme 20,000 702 799
+ 0001521Sony Global Treasury Services Plc Global Commercial Paper for the issuance of Euro Commercial Paper 2,885 0 0
+ 0004261Stedin Holding N.V. Green Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0002470Stedin Holding NV Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 100 180
+ 0004250Sumitomo Electric Finance UK Plc Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 80 100
+ 0002834Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 25,000 14,210 13,830
+ 0002780Svenska Handelsbanken AB NEU CP 9,500 0 0
+ 0003633Südzucker AG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 600 0 0
+ 0003644Telekom Austria Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0003473TenneT Holding B.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 0 0
+ 0003804TERNA - Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni Euro-Commercial Paper Programme for the issuance of Notes and ESG Notes 2,000 0 0
+ 0003830The Kingdom of Denmark Euro Commercial Paper Programme 11,538 365 269
+ 0004144The OPEC Fund for International Development, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,923 456 456
+ 0003323THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3,000 1,373 1,387
+ 0000616The State of the Netherlands Global Commercial Paper Programme 11,105 7,920
+ 0003505TotalEnergies SE and TotalEnergies Capital Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,885 1,332 1,390
+ 0003885Toyota Motor Finance (Netherlands) B.V., Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC, Toyota Finance Australia Limited (ABN 48 002 435 181) and Toyota Kreditbank GmbH Unlimited Euro Commercial Paper Programme 5,927 5,886
+ 0004111TRATON Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,500 189 189
+ 0004192UBS Europe SE Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 273 273
+ 0003874UniCredit S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper and Commercial Paper (Cambiali Finanziarie) Programme 15,000 933 987
+ 0001040UniCredit S.p.A., NEU CP 20,000 3,935 3,811
+ 0003451Uniper SE Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,800 351 360
+ 0003761Vier Gas Transport GmbH Euro Commercial Paper Programme 500 0 0
+ 0002604Vodafone Group Plc Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 0 0
+ 0000792Warehouses De Pauw Belgian Multi-currency Short-Term Treasury Notes Programme 200 0 0
+ 0002320Whirlpool Corporation Negotiable European Commercial Paper 500 0 0

The figures may not sum up to the aggregated amounts outstanding displayed in the other tab due to the fact that this table also includes programmes settled in Securities Settlement Systems that report data on a weekly basis. “-”: the programme exists but has not issued 1) The daily spot rate vis-à-vis the Euro as at 2:15 p.m. (C.E.T.) is used.

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Background

On 9 June 2006, Euribor ACI and Euribor FBE adopted the Short-Term European Paper (STEP) Market Convention. The Convention requires issuers to put in place any arrangements with the securities settlement systems, the issuing and paying agents, the dealers, the arrangers or any other relevant entities that are necessary to provide the eligible data provider with complete and accurate data for the production of statistics by the ECB.

Since 2 April 2007, the STEP market has been accepted as a non-regulated market for collateral purposes in Eurosystem credit operations. See the press release.

In order to be eligible for use as collateral in Eurosystem operations, notes issued under STEP-compliant programmes also have to fulfil all the eligibility criteria listed in Chapter 6 of the general documentation on the Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures

Data providers

Data providers, which act on a voluntary basis, may be eligible securities settlement systems, national central banks or other institutional entities. These entities are eligible as statistical data providers if they are able to comply with the reporting instructions*. The data providers are assessed by the ECB on the basis of their capacity to comply with these reporting instructions, and new data providers may only be accepted with the approval of the STEP Market Committee.

Each eligible data provider covers all STEP issues that are settled in its system or that are deposited in a securities settlement system for which the data provider has complete data coverage. The depository location of the securities is contained in the security ISIN code.

Should multiple settlement systems be deemed eligible to report issues for a given market, each settlement system that acts as a data provider will transmit data on those issues that it has settled in its system.

As of January 2025, STEP statistics are produced using the ECB’s CSDB (Centralised Securities Database). This means these statistics benefit not only from data provided by eligible STEP data providers but also from all other high-quality data available in the CSDB. Find out more about the enhancements and impact on STEP statistics resulting from the new compilation system.

New reporting instructions to integrate STEP data compilation into the Centralised Securities Database (CSDB) processes were introduced in January 2025.

About STEP statistics

The STEP statistics concern primary market volumes of, and yields on, short-term debt securities issued in the context of programmes that have received the STEP label from the STEP Market Committee. The STEP statistics cover all issues made under STEP-labelled programmes.

Once a week, the ECB publishes aggregates referring to daily data on outstanding amounts of STEP securities, i.e. data on the face values of all STEP securities that have been issued but not redeemed at the end of the reference period. Statistics on aggregated daily new issues, yields and spreads are also published once a week.

The yield statistics encompass annualised yields on euro-denominated STEP-labelled zero-coupon issues, referring to the primary market interest rates originally agreed between an issuer and an investor. Issues refer to short-term debt securities with an original maturity of up to one year. Yield statistics are also available for euro-denominated STEP issues priced with a spread against reference interest rates. In addition to the daily data, the ECB also publishes weekly aggregates on STEP yields and spreads.

Sectors included in STEP statistics are:

Issues published under the credit rating category “All ratings” refer to all STEP-labelled securities for which data are collected by the ECB.

Issues published under the credit rating category “Rating 1” refer to issues under those programmes that have the highest credit ratings. Issues under programmes allocated to the credit rating category “Rating 2” refer to those STEP securities that have lower credit ratings.

Broad rating categories are needed to provide information on credit quality while respecting the confidentiality of the individual price and yield data of the underlying securities.

The statistics are published on the ECB’s website and Data Portal at weekly intervals on the second business day of each week, except in the case of ECB holidays when publication will follow on the subsequent working day. The data refer to each day of the previous week or to weekly averages for yield statistics.

For more detailed methodological information, please refer to the Methodological Notes.

STEP data were revised back to the beginning of January 2025 following the migration of STEP statistics compilation to the CSDB on 21 January 2025.

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