Template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets
- Memo items
Eurosystem: End-March 2023
First release: 17 April 2023. Updated: 14 June 2024
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
(approximate market value, EUR millions)
(approximate market value, EUR millions)
| A. Official reserve assets | 1,132,944 |
|---|---|
|
1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) |
273,012 |
| (1a) Securities | 227,291 |
| of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | 69 |
| (1b) total currency and deposits with: | 45,720 |
| (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 43,344 |
| (ii) banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | 509 |
| (iii) banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 1,867 |
| 2. IMF reserve position | 36,431 |
| 3. SDRs | 186,540 |
|
4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) |
630,694 |
| -volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 346.369 |
| 5. Other reserve assets | 6,267 |
| -financial derivatives | 190 |
| -loans to nonbank nonresidents | 6,077 |
| -other | ... |
| B. Other foreign currency assets | 12,016 |
| -securities not included in official reserve assets | 4,087 |
| -deposits not included in official reserve assets | 7,688 |
| -loans not included in official reserve assets | 99 |
| -financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | 120 |
| -gold not included in official reserve assets | ... |
| -other | 22 |
II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value, EUR millions)
| Total | Maturity breakdown (residual maturity) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 1 month |
More than 1 and up to 3 months |
More than 3 months and up to 1 year |
||
| 1. Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits | −1,440 | −1,466 | 26 | ... |
| -outflows (-) Principal | −1,464 | −1,464 | ... | ... |
| -outflows (-) Interest | −2 | −2 | ... | ... |
| -inflows (+) Principal | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -inflows (+) Interest | 26 | ... | 26 | ... |
|
2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps) |
−20,514 | −8,399 | −8,018 | −4,097 |
| (2a) Short positions (-) | −27,242 | −11,573 | −10,222 | −5,448 |
| (2b) Long positions (+) | 6,728 | 3,174 | 2,203 | 1,351 |
| 3. Other (specify) | −7,365 | −6,501 | 562 | −1,426 |
| -outflows related to repos (-) | −8,310 | −6,570 | −302 | −1,438 |
| -inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -trade credit (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -other accounts payable (-) | −7,035 | −6,548 | −487 | ... |
| -other accounts receivable (+) | 7,980 | 6,617 | 1,351 | 12 |
III. Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value, EUR millions)
| Total | Maturity breakdown (residual maturity) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 1 month |
More than 1 and up to 3 months |
More than 3 months and up to 1 year |
||
| 1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (1a) Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (1b) Other contingent liabilities | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|
2. Foreign currency securities issued with embedded options (puttable bonds) |
... | |||
| 3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines | ||||
| 3_1 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by: | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3_1 a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -other national monetary authorities (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -BIS (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -IMF (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3_1 b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3_1 c) banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3_2 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to: | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3_2a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -other national monetary authorities (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -BIS (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -IMF (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3_2b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in reporting country (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3_2c) banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (4a) Short positions | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (i) Bought puts | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (ii) Written calls | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (4b) Long positions | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (i) Bought calls | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (ii) Written puts | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| PRO MEMORIA: In-the-money options | ||||
| (1) At current exchange rates | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (1a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (1b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (2) + 5 % (depreciation of 5%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (2a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (2b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3) - 5 % (appreciation of 5%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (3b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (4) +10 % (depreciation of 10%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (4a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (4b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (5) - 10 % (appreciation of 10%) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (5a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (5b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (6) Other (specify) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (6a) Short position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (6b) Long position | ... | ... | ... | ... |
IV. Memo items (EUR millions)
| 1. Short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate | ... |
|---|---|
|
2. Financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by
other means (e_g_, in domestic currency) |
26 |
| -nondeliverable forwards | ... |
| -short positions | ... |
| -long positions | ... |
| -other instruments | 26 |
| 3. Pledged assets | ... |
| -included in reserve assets | ... |
| -included in other foreign currency assets | ... |
| 4. Securities lent and on repo | −17,161 |
| -lent or repoed and included in Section I | −20,956 |
| -lent or repoed but not included in Section I | ... |
| -borrowed or acquired and included in Section I | ... |
| -borrowed or acquired but not included in Section I | 3,795 |
| 5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | 310 |
| -forwards | 100 |
| -futures | 1 |
| -swaps | 199 |
| -options | ... |
| -other | 9 |
| 6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls_ | −2,275 |
|
-aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps) |
−2,275 |
| (6a) short positions (-) | −2,863 |
| (6b) long positions (+) | 588 |
| -aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency | ... |
| (6a) short positions | ... |
| (i) bought puts | ... |
| (ii) written calls | ... |
| (6b) long positions | ... |
| (i) bought calls | ... |
| (ii) written puts | ... |
| 7. Currency composition of reserves | 1,132,944 |
| - currencies in SDR basket | 1,107,047 |
| - currencies not in SDR basket | 25,897 |
Conventions used in the tables: "..." nil or negligible.