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-February 2024
First release: 15 March 2024. 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 | 1,156,111 |
|---|---|
|
1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) |
275,045 |
| (1a) Securities | 235,058 |
| of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | 87 |
| (1b) total currency and deposits with: | 39,987 |
| (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 34,444 |
| (ii) banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | 497 |
| (iii) banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 5,046 |
| 2. IMF reserve position | 34,530 |
| 3. SDRs | 188,715 |
|
4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) |
649,620 |
| -volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 346.306 |
| 5. Other reserve assets | 8,202 |
| -financial derivatives | 145 |
| -loans to nonbank nonresidents | 8,005 |
| -other | 51 |
| B. Other foreign currency assets | 12,084 |
| -securities not included in official reserve assets | 5,320 |
| -deposits not included in official reserve assets | 6,406 |
| -loans not included in official reserve assets | 132 |
| -financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | 204 |
| -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 | −1,470 | −1,499 | 19 | 9 |
| -outflows (-) Principal | −1,498 | −1,498 | ... | ... |
| -outflows (-) Interest | −2 | −2 | ... | ... |
| -inflows (+) Principal | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -inflows (+) Interest | 30 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
|
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) |
−20,478 | −7,360 | −7,679 | −5,440 |
| (2a) Short positions (-) | −26,938 | −10,443 | −8,960 | −7,535 |
| (2b) Long positions (+) | 6,460 | 3,083 | 1,281 | 2,096 |
| 3. Other (specify) | −9,888 | −9,605 | −157 | −125 |
| -outflows related to repos (-) | −9,412 | −9,119 | −155 | −138 |
| -inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -trade credit (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| -other accounts payable (-) | −1,652 | −1,062 | −559 | −31 |
| -other accounts receivable (+) | 1,176 | 576 | 557 | 44 |
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) |
... |
| -nondeliverable forwards | ... |
| -short positions | ... |
| -long positions | ... |
| -other instruments | ... |
| 3. Pledged assets | ... |
| -included in reserve assets | ... |
| -included in other foreign currency assets | ... |
| 4. Securities lent and on repo | −19,673 |
| -lent or repoed and included in Section I | −23,699 |
| -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 | 4,026 |
| 5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | 349 |
| -forwards | 17 |
| -futures | ... |
| -swaps | 326 |
| -options | ... |
| -other | 6 |
| 6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls_ | −1,875 |
|
-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) |
−1,875 |
| (6a) short positions (-) | −2,091 |
| (6b) long positions (+) | 216 |
| -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 | ... |
| - currencies in SDR basket | ... |
| - currencies not in SDR basket | ... |
Conventions used in the tables: "..." nil or negligible.