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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.

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Amounts outstanding of STEP securities by programme and currency from 03 Apr 2026 to 10 Apr 2026
(denominated in EUR millions irrespective of the accounting currency)1
STEP IDProgramme nameProgramme ceilingAccounting currencyAmount outstanding
03 Apr 2026		Amount outstanding
10 Apr 2026
+ 0003841Aareal Bank AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 443 443
+ 0001911ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 25,000 4,542 4,871
+ 0002546Achmea Bank NV NEU CP Programme 2,500 1,175 1,215
+ 0002032ACOSS SOCIAL, NEU CP 70,000 12,729 12,703
+ 0003564adidas AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 308 298
+ 0001693African Development Bank ECP 2,000 0 0
+ 0001970Agence Centrale des Organismes de Sécurité Sociale Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 70,000 47,531 46,933
+ 0002882Agence France Locale Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 493 493
+ 0003921AIRBUS SE, NEU CP 11,000 0 0
+ 0003622Akzo Nobel N.V. Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 150 150
+ 0003750Allianz SE Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 855 825
+ 0004170Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 495 460
+ 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 0 0
+ 0000092Antalis SA Negotiable European Commercial Paper 11,072 5,552 5,586
+ 0004064Asian Development Bank Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,424 1,264 957
+ 0003232Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 4,343 2,907 2,839
+ 0002845ASN Bank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 4,000 1,662 1,692
+ 0002856ASN BANK N.V., NEU CP 4,000 873 846
+ 0003152AXA Banque NEU CP Not guaranteed 6,000 3,000 2,794
+ 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 3,455 0 0
+ 0004270Banca Ifis S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 1,000 0 5
+ 0002433Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A Paris Branch NEU CP 12,000 3,733 3,733
+ 0003301Banco Santander, S.A., acting through its London Branch Certificate of Deposit Programme 20,000 2,262 2,153
+ 0002171Bank of China Limited Paris Branch, NEU CP 8,000 500 500
+ 0003436Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 4,343 930 930
+ 0000226Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel ECP and CD Programme 25,000 8,168 8,116
+ 0000081Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel NEU CP 30,000 24,145 24,627
+ 0004246Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, societe anonyme, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 28 28
+ 0003276BANQUE NOMURA FRANCE, NEU CP 50 42 42
+ 0003221Barclays Bank Ireland PLC NEU CP 20,000 1,722 1,662
+ 0002754Barclays Global Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit ProgrammeUnlimited 11,543 10,353
+ 0000861Barry Callebaut Services NV Belgian Multi Currency Short-Term Treasury Notes Programm 900 0 0
+ 0003542Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Global Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 0 0
+ 0000172Bayerische Landesbank Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 8,000 3,203 3,203
+ 0001506Belfius Bank SA/NV Global Multi Currency Short and Medium Term Certificates of Deposit Programme 25,000 2,779 2,593
+ 0002513Belfius Financing Company, societe anonyme, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 599 566
+ 0002903BGL BNP Paribas Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,606 121 95
+ 0003356BNG Bank N.V. Euro-commercial paper programme. 20,000 6,776 7,251
+ 0000066BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV Global Multi-currency Short Term Certficates of Deposit ProgrammeUnlimited 4,619 4,684
+ 0000055BNP Paribas Negotiable European Commercial Paper 70,000 10,419 9,955
+ 0001623BPCE Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 2,373 2,373
+ 0001645BPCE NEU CP 60,000 18,404 18,746
+ 0002685Bpifrance NEU CP Guaranteed 9,000 6,919 6,876
+ 0001116BRED Banque Populaire, NEU CP 15,000 8,567 8,255
+ 0003126Bridgestone Europe NV/SA Euro Commercial Paper Programme 500 50 42
+ 0003046CA Auto Bank S.p.A. (acting through its Irish Branch) Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,250 50 50
+ 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 1,405 1,405
+ 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
+ 0004267Clearstream Banking S.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 0 0
+ 0002583Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper 1,000 563 623
+ 0002524COFACE SA, NEU CP 800 686 686
+ 0003863Cofinimmo SA/NV Global Multi-Currency Short and Medium Term Belgian Sustainable Treasury Notes Programme 1,250 741 741
+ 0002652Collateralized Commercial Paper III Co., LLC Commercial Paper Notes Programme 17,373 5,657 4,353
+ 0000376Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 11,766 11,229
+ 0000033Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, NEU CP 2,500 526 606
+ 0003611Continental Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 749 749
+ 0002240Council of Europe Development Bank Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 1,340 1,425
+ 0000296Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, NEU CP 30,000 642 648
+ 0002455Credit Agricole SA NEU CP 40,000 20,029 20,490
+ 0004122Credito Emiliano S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 1,000 201 201
+ 0003265Crédit Municipal de Paris NEU CP 1,000 435 460
+ 0002353Danske Bank A/S Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 13,000 5,112 5,178
+ 0001955Danske Bank A/S, NEU CP 10,000 411 411
+ 0002765DekaBank Commercial Paper Programme 15,000 468 468
+ 0002823Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG Commercial Paper programme 5,000 0 0
+ 0002626Dexia S.A. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 15,000 4,855 4,429
+ 0002801DIAC S.A. NEU CP 1,000 0 0
+ 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 9,266 8,932
+ 0003403E.ON SE Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 529 529
+ 0002925Ecolab euro-commercial paper programme 1,737 0 0
+ 0004266Elia Transmission Belgium SA/NV, Multi-currency Short-Term Treasury Notes Programme. 700 0 0
+ 0002193ELO, NEU CP 300 0 0
+ 0003414ENEL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL N.V. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target Guaranteed Euro- Commercial Paper Programme 8,000 315 615
+ 0000733Eni S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 6,000 3,806 3,347
+ 0002951Erste Group Bank AG Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposit ProgrammeUnlimited 2,300 2,300
+ 0004086Esprinet S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 300 16 17
+ 0003185Euroclear Bank SA/NV Multi-currency Programme for the issue of short-term Certificates of Deposit 20,000 1,449 1,449
+ 0004265Eurogrid GmbH Euro Commercial Paper Programme 750 0 0
+ 0000343European Investment Bank Global Commercial Paper ProgrammeUnlimited 26,695 26,267
+ 0004213European Stability Mechanism Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 0 0
+ 0004263Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt Zero Coupon State Treasury Note Programme 3,000 1,534 1,534
+ 0004100Ferrovial SE Sustainability Target Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 46 46
+ 0004155Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 981 912
+ 0003002Fincantieri S.p.A Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 500 334 335
+ 0002860Fingrid Oyj Green Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 600 0 0
+ 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 25 25
+ 0003980Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE Certificate of Deposit ProgrammeUnlimited 0 0
+ 0002641Goldman Sachs International Bank Certificate of Deposit ProgrammeUnlimited 26,993 26,763
+ 0003943Hamburg Commercial Bank AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0004235Haniel NowCM Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 50 50
+ 0004031HeidelbergCement AG Multi-Currency Sustainability Target Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 215 355
+ 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 1,218 1,218
+ 0000926HELABA Landesbank Hessen Thuringen Girozentrale NEU CP 6,000 194 94
+ 0003425Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 110 110
+ 0003495HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft Euro Commercial Paper Programme 750 0 0
+ 0004042Holcim Finance (Luxembourg) S.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 0 0
+ 0000230HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE NEU CP 20,000 3,187 2,974
+ 0004264HUGO BOSS International B.V. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 500 0 0
+ 0004090Hungary Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 427 427
+ 0000766Iberdrola International B.V. Sustainability Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 6,000 3,231 3,325
+ 0002182Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited acting through its Luxembourg Branch NEU CP 2,700 26 26
+ 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 50 50
+ 0000135ING Bank NV ECP and CD Programme 20,000 15,793 15,670
+ 0001036ING Bank NV NEU CP 20,000 13,851 14,069
+ 0003254International Development Association Bills Programme, Euro-Commercial Paper ProgrammeUnlimited 2,575 2,575
+ 0001383Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A NEU CP 15,000 1,876 1,876
+ 0000215Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. and Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Luxembourg, société anonyme Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit and Commercial Paper (Cambiali Finanziarie) Programme 30,000 12,181 12,131
+ 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 43,433 17 17
+ 0002940Johnson Controls International plc euro-commercial paper prorgamme 2,000 296 446
+ 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 2,805 2,805
+ 0001415KBC Bank NV Multi Currency Short Term Certificate of Deposit Programme 20,000 7,938 8,085
+ 0003954KBC Group NV Multicurrency Short Term Certificate of Deposit Program 2,000 735 735
+ 0000274KfW Multi Currency Commercial Paper Programme 90,000 19,651 18,778
+ 0001543Kingdom of Sweden ECP ProgrammeUnlimited 5,298 4,700
+ 0003462KION GROUP AG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 750 0 0
+ 0000412Klepierre NEU CP 1,500 1,250 1,154
+ 0001820Kommunalbanken AS Euro-Commercial PaperUnlimited 1,291 1,291
+ 0001671Kommuninvest i Sverige Aktiebolag (publ) Euro-Commercial Paper 20,000 506 506
+ 0003575Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. Sustainability-Linked Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 437 818
+ 0002973KONINKLIJKE FRIESLANDCAMPINA N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 253
+ 0003484Koninklijke KPN N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0003083La Banque Postale Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 241 223
+ 0002466La Banque Postale NEU CP 20,000 7,228 7,828
+ 0000904Landesbank Baden Wurttemberg Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 2,330 3,047
+ 0001324Landesbank Baden Wurttemberg NEU CP 5,000 12 12
+ 0004133Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 2,419 2,267
+ 0003965Leonardo S.p.A. Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme (Programma di Cambiali Finanziarie) 1,000 0
+ 0003072Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 7,500 4,580 4,515
+ 0003976LMA Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 11,246 11,264
+ 0003991LMA, NEU CP 25,000 306 306
+ 0004053London Stock Exchange Group plc, LSEGA Financing PLC and LSEG Netherlands B.V. Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,591 922 656
+ 0004269Luminor Bank AS Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0003735M&G plc Unlimited Global Commercial Paper Programme for the issuance of Euro Commercial Paper and US Commercial PaperUnlimited 0 0
+ 0003906MAIRE S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme for the issuance of Notes 300 271 271
+ 0000700Matchpoint Finance plc Negotiable European Commercial Paper 20,000 1,655 1,645
+ 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 1,874 1,849
+ 0003531Merck Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,500 0 0
+ 0003382METRO AG Multi-Currency Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 179 199
+ 0002674Mitsui & Co. Financial Services (Europe) Plc Euro-Commercial Paper 1,303 0 0
+ 0001426MUFG BANK Ltd., NEU CP 4,000 0 0
+ 0000963Munchener Hypothekenbank eG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 166 166
+ 0003692Municipality Finance Plc euro-commercial paper programme 10,000 3,196 3,217
+ 0003243My Money Bank NEU CP 500 0 0
+ 0003050N.V. Eneco Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,250 0 0
+ 0003013National Westminster Bank plc Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 928 928
+ 0000770NATIXIS, NEU CP 45,000 10,425 10,232
+ 0002411NatWest Group plc Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 0 0
+ 0003360NatWest Markets N.V. Euro Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 1,622 1,622
+ 0001014NatWest Markets plc Euro Commercial Paper Programme 20,000 1,566 1,566
+ 0004262Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0002721Nederlandse Waterschapsbank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 25,000 10,542 10,831
+ 0003910NEU CP DEXIA Guaranteed Senior Unsecured 5,000 97 97
+ 0002696NIBC Bank N.V. Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 0 0
+ 0003280Nomura Bank International PLC Multi-currency Euro-commercial paper and Euro-certificate of Deposit programme 1,303 413 463
+ 0000974Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 119 119
+ 0003141Nordea Bank Abp Euro-commercial Paper Programme 20,000 3,619 3,644
+ 0003174Nordea Bank Abp NEU CP 15,000 600 600
+ 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 3,000 970 970
+ 0001025Nykredit Bank A/S Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit Programme 3,000 500 483
+ 0001762OP Corporate Bank plc ECP and CD Programme 18,000 4,388 4,362
+ 0004016OPEL BANK, NEU CP 200 10 10
+ 0001660Paccar Financial Europe BV and Paccar Financial plc Multi Issuer ECP Programme 2,000 1,181 1,176
+ 0001751Proximus Multi-currency Multi-jurisdiction Programme for the Issue of Short Term Treasury Notes 1,000 0 0
+ 0000070RCI Banque S.A. NEU CP 4,500 790 790
+ 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 600 310 210
+ 0003852Repsol Europe Finance Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 3,000 865 847
+ 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 1,059 1,069
+ 0004268Région wallonne Multicurrency Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,000 0 0
+ 0000915Sanofi NEU CP 6,000 100 100
+ 0004075Santander Consumer Bank AG Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 7,000 2,600 2,600
+ 0002962Santander UK Plc Euro-commercial Paper Programme 8,687 508 658
+ 0002400SES and SES Global Americas Holdings GP Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 0 0
+ 0002812SFIL NEU CP 3,000 979 1,029
+ 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 5,000 749 749
+ 0003196SNAM S.p.A. Euro-commercial Paper Programme 3,500 1,252 1,517
+ 0000011SOCIETE GENERALE, NEU CP 60,000 13,358 13,348
+ 0000124Société Générale ECP and ECD Programme 20,000 916 913
+ 0001521Sony Global Treasury Services Plc Global Commercial Paper for the issuance of Euro Commercial Paper 2,606 0 0
+ 0004261Stedin Holding N.V. Green Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0002470Stedin Holding NV Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,500 0 0
+ 0004250Sumitomo Electric Finance UK Plc Guaranteed Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 405 405
+ 0002834Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 25,000 12,760 12,760
+ 0002780Svenska Handelsbanken AB NEU CP 9,500 1,842 1,842
+ 0003633Südzucker AG Euro Commercial Paper Programme 600 181 158
+ 0003644Telekom Austria Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,000 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 10,424 599 512
+ 0004144The OPEC Fund for International Development, Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 1,737 405 405
+ 0003323The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 5,000 1,289 1,224
+ 0000616The State of the Netherlands Global Commercial Paper ProgrammeUnlimited 14,318 15,877
+ 0003505TotalEnergies SE and TotalEnergies Capital Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,606 869 1,166
+ 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 ProgrammeUnlimited 5,905 5,821
+ 0004111TRATON Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 2,500 1,182 1,102
+ 0004192UBS Europe SE Euro-Commercial Paper and Certificate of Deposit ProgrammeUnlimited 1,563 1,528
+ 0003874UniCredit S.p.A. Euro-Commercial Paper and Commercial Paper (Cambiali Finanziarie) Programme 15,000 1,749 1,746
+ 0001040UniCredit S.p.A., NEU CP 20,000 5,243 5,404
+ 0003451Uniper SE Euro Commercial Paper Programme 1,800 380 340
+ 0003761Vier Gas Transport GmbH Euro Commercial Paper Programme 500 0 0
+ 0002604Vodafone Group Plc Euro-Commercial Paper Programme 10,000 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.

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.

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.

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

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