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30 October
2012 - Consolidated financial
statement of the Eurosystem
as at 26 October 2012
Items not related to monetary policy operations
In the week ending 26 October 2012 the increase of
EUR 1 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the purchase 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) increased by EUR 0.7 billion to EUR 229.9 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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25 October
2012
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7-day US dollar liquidity-providing
reverse transaction
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USD 2.9 billion
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USD 3.6 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) decreased by EUR 2.1 billion to EUR 312.7 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) decreased by
EUR 1 billion to EUR 888.1 billion. Liabilities
to general government
(liability item 5.1) decreased
by EUR 8.3 billion to EUR 92.6 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 33.5 billion to EUR 657
billion. On Wednesday, 24 October
2012, a main refinancing
operation of EUR 91.8 billion matured and a new one of EUR 77.3 billion was settled. On the same day, fixed-term
deposits in an amount
of EUR 209.5 billion matured and new deposits were collected in the same amount, with a maturity of one week.
Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.3 billion (compared with EUR 1 billion in the previous
week), while recourse to the deposit
facility (liability
item 2.2) was EUR 267 billion (compared
with EUR 248.7 billion in the preceding
week).
The holdings by the
Eurosystem of securities
held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) decreased by
EUR 0.3 billion to EUR 279 billion. This decrease was due to the redemption of securities under the first covered bond purchase
programme. Therefore, in the week
ending 26 October 2012,
the value of accumulated purchases
under the Securities Markets
Programme amounted to EUR 209.3 billion, while the values of the portfolios held
under the first and second covered
bond purchase programmes totalled
EUR 53.3 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 18.4 billion to EUR 515.3 billion.
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