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Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 28 June 2013

3 July 2013

Items not related to monetary policy operations

In the week ending 28 June 2013 the decrease of EUR 115.3 billion in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected quarterly revaluation adjustments, as well as the sale of gold by one Eurosystem central bank.

The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 8.2 billion to EUR 212 billion. This change was due to the effects of the quarterly revaluation of assets and liabilities, the customer and portfolio transactions carried out by Eurosystem central banks during the period under review and US dollar liquidity-providing operations (see below).

US dollar liquidity operations

Value date Type of transaction Maturing amount New amount
27 June 2013 7-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction - USD 0.2 billion

The liquidity-providing transactions were conducted by the Eurosystem in connection with the temporary reciprocal currency arrangement (swap line) 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) increased by EUR 2.2 billion to EUR 352.6 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by EUR 4.8 billion to EUR 911 billion. Liabilities to general government (liability item 5.1) increased by EUR 8 billion to EUR 114.4 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 2.7 billion to EUR 535 billion. On Wednesday, 26 June 2013, a main refinancing operation of EUR 102 billion matured and a new one of EUR 117.3 billion was settled. On the same day, fixed-term deposits in an amount of EUR 195 billion matured and new deposits were collected in the same amount, with a maturity of one week.

During the week, a longer-term refinancing operation of EUR 8.9 billion matured and a new one of EUR 9.5 billion was settled, while EUR 5.2 billion of longer-term refinancing operations was repaid before maturity.

Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was virtually nil (compared with EUR 3.5 billion in the previous week), while recourse to the deposit facility (liability item 2.2) was EUR 92.2 billion (compared with EUR 83 billion in the preceding week).

The holdings by the Eurosystem of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased marginally by EUR 0.4 billion to EUR 256.8 billion due to quarter-end adjustments. Therefore, in the week ending 28 June 2013 the value of accumulated purchases under the Securities Markets Programme amounted to EUR 195.5 billion, while those of the portfolios held under the first and second covered bond purchase programmes totalled EUR 45.2 billion and EUR 16.1 billion respectively. All three portfolios are accounted for on a held-to-maturity basis.

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 3.2 billion to EUR 276.3 billion.

Quarter-end revaluation of the Eurosystem’s assets and liabilities

In line with the Eurosystem’s harmonised accounting rules, gold, foreign exchange, securities holdings and financial instruments of the Eurosystem are revalued at market rates and prices as at the end of each quarter. The net impact of the revaluation on each balance sheet item as at 28 June 2013 is shown in the additional column “ Difference compared with last week due to quarter-end adjustments”. The gold price and the principal exchange rates used for the revaluation of balances were as follows:

Gold: EUR 919.916 per fine oz.

USD: 1.3080 per EUR

JPY: 129.39 per EUR

Special drawing rights: EUR 1.1506 per SDR

Assets (EUR millions) Balance Difference compared with last week due to
i)transactions
ii)quarter-end adjustments
Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding
i) ii)
1 Gold and gold receivables 319,968 −24 −115,323
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 247,607 −650 −7,982
2.1 Receivables from the IMF 85,275 −184 −1,478
2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets 162,331 −466 −6,504
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 27,541 −61 −1,714
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 18,070 −202 −78
4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 18,070 −202 −78
4.2 Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0 0
5 Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 822,689 7,045 0
5.1 Main refinancing operations 117,310 15,269 0
5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 705,350 −4,709 0
5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0 0
5.4 Structural reverse operations 0 0 0
5.5 Marginal lending facility 29 −3,516 0
5.6 Credits related to margin calls 0 0 0
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 92,068 −370 1
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 609,453 1,574 984
7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes 256,830 −181 562
7.2 Other securities 352,623 1,755 422
8 General government debt denominated in euro 28,408 −470 −134
9 Other assets 264,619 1,154 1,353
Total assets 2,430,423 7,994 −122,892
Liabilities (EUR millions) Balance Difference compared with last week due to
i)transactions
ii)quarter-end adjustments
Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding
i) ii)
1 Banknotes in circulation 911,032 4,760 0
2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro 563,994 6,490 0
2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 276,329 −3,207 0
2.2 Deposit facility 92,180 9,216 0
2.3 Fixed-term deposits 195,000 0 0
2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations 0 0 0
2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 485 480 0
3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 7,055 248 0
4 Debt certificates issued 0 0 0
5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 135,334 912 1
5.1 General government 114,415 8,001 1
5.2 Other liabilities 20,919 −7,090 0
6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 141,610 −5,206 −2
7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 3,986 −135 −98
8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 4,910 −849 −194
8.1 Deposits, balances and other liabilities 4,910 −849 −194
8.2 Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0 0
9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 54,240 0 −905
10 Other liabilities 233,189 2,224 261
11 Revaluation accounts 284,680 0 −121,954
12 Capital and reserves 90,392 −450 0
Total liabilities 2,430,423 7,994 −122,892
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