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4 December
2012 - Consolidated financial
statement of the Eurosystem
as at 30 November 2012
Items not related to monetary policy operations
In the week ending 30 November 2012 the increase of
EUR 2 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the purchase of gold by Eurosystem
central banks.
The net position of
the Eurosystem in foreign
currency (asset items 2
and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.1 billion to EUR 229 billion on account of customer and
portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing
operations (see below).
US dollar liquidity operations
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Value date
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Type of transaction
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Maturing amount
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New amount
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29 November
2012
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7-day US dollar liquidity-providing
reverse transaction
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USD 3.3 billion
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USD 3.2 billion
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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 0.1 billion to EUR 309 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by
EUR 4 billion to EUR 889.7 billion. Liabilities
to general government
(liability item 5.1) increased
by EUR 2.4 billion to EUR 133.2 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 11.7 billion to EUR 669.5
billion. On Wednesday, 28 November
2012, a main refinancing
operation of EUR 75.4 billion matured and a new one of EUR 74.6 billion was settled. On the same day, fixed-term
deposits in an amount
of EUR 208.5 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
9.7 billion matured and a new one of EUR 7.4
billion was settled, while EUR 4.1 billion was repaid before maturity.
Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 1.9 billion (compared with EUR 2.4 billion in the previous
week), while recourse to the deposit
facility (liability
item 2.2) was EUR 237.8 billion (compared with EUR 233.6 billion
in the preceding week).
The holdings by the
Eurosystem of securities
held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) decreased by
EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 277.1 billion. This decrease
was due to the redemption
of securities under the
first covered bond purchase
programme. Therefore, in the week
ending 30 November 2012,
the value of accumulated purchases
under the Securities Markets
Programme amounted to EUR 208.5 billion, while the value of the portfolios held
under the first and second covered
bond purchase programmes totalled
EUR 52.1 billion and EUR 16.4 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 17 billion to EUR 489.9 billion.
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