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2 May 2012 - Consolidated
financial statement of
the Eurosystem as at 27
April 2012
Items not related to monetary policy operations
In the week ending 27 April 2012 the decrease of EUR 1 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) mainly reflected the sale of
gold coin 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) decreased by EUR 2.7 billion to EUR 225.1 billion on account of customer and
portfolio transactions and US dollar liquidity-providing
operations (see below).
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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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26 April 2012
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7-day US dollar liquidity-providing
reverse transaction
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USD 0.9 billion
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USD 1.1 billion
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26 April 2012
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84-day US dollar liquidity-providing reverse transaction
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USD 9.4 billion
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USD 5.2 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) decreased by EUR 1.9 billion to EUR 326.7 billion. Banknotes in circulation (liability item 1) increased by
EUR 3 billion to EUR 872.7 billion. Liabilities
to general government
(liability item 5.1) fell
by EUR 25.4 billion to EUR 129.9 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 20.9 billion to EUR 131.2
billion. On Wednesday, 25 April 2012, a main refinancing operation of EUR 51.8 billion matured
and a new one of EUR 46.4 billion was settled. On the same day, fixed-term deposits in an amount of
EUR 214 billion matured and new deposits
in the same amount were collected. During the week a longer-term refinancing operation of
EUR 19.6 billion matured and a new one of EUR 21.3
billion was settled.
Recourse to the marginal lending facility (asset item 5.5) was EUR 0.6 billion (compared with EUR 0.3 billion in the previous
week), while recourse to the deposit
facility (liability
item 2.2) was EUR 794 billion (compared
with EUR 775.6 billion in the preceding
week).
The holdings by the
Eurosystem of securities
held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) increased by
EUR 0.5 billion to EUR 281.6 billion. This increase
was due to the purchases under the second covered bond purchase programme that were settled during the week. Therefore, in the week ending 27 April 2012 the value of accumulated
purchases under the
Securities Markets Programme amounted
to EUR 214.2 billion, while those
of the portfolios held under
the first and second covered bond purchase programmes totalled
EUR 56.8 billion and EUR 10.6 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 2.2 billion to EUR 91.3 billion.
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