ECB foreign exchange interventions
Quarterly reports
The ECB began publishing quarterly data on its foreign exchange interventions (FXIs) in May 2020. The aim of this reporting is to enhance transparency while safeguarding the ECB’s ability to carry out interventions in the foreign exchange market in an effective manner.
The exchange rate of the euro is not a policy target for the ECB. Thus far it has only intervened in the foreign exchange market in 2000 and 2011, and when it does so it acts either alone (in a so-called unilateral intervention) or together with other central banks (in a so-called coordinated intervention).
The following tables show the details of the ECB’s historical interventions in the foreign exchange market, as well as the information for the four most recent quarters. The tables are updated with a delay of one quarter.
Data
| Period | Date | Intervention type | Currency pair | Currency bought | Gross amount (EUR millions) | Net amount (EUR millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2024 |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Q1 2024 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Q4 2023 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Q3 2023 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Period | Date | Intervention type | Currency pair | Currency bought | Gross amount (EUR millions) | Net amount (EUR millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2011 | 18/03/2011 | Coordinated | EUR/JPY | EUR | 700 | 700 |
| Q4 2000 | 09/11/2000 | Unilateral | EUR/JPY | EUR | 800 | 800 |
| 09/11/2000 | Unilateral | EUR/USD | EUR | 1,700 | 1,700 | |
| 06/11/2000 | Unilateral | EUR/USD | EUR | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
| 03/11/2000 | Unilateral | EUR/JPY | EUR | 680 | 680 | |
| 03/11/2000 | Unilateral | EUR/USD | EUR | 2,890 | 2,890 | |
| Q3 2000 | 22/09/2000 | Coordinated | EUR/JPY | EUR | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| 22/09/2000 | Coordinated | EUR/USD | EUR | 1,640 | 1,640 |
- 27 September 2019
- 18 March 2011
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ECB announces EU-funded cooperation programme with the National Bank of Serbia
- 3 November 2000
- 22 September 2000
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The ECB announces joint intervention in the exchange markets