Eurosystem: End- July 2024
- 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
First release: 15 August 2024. Updated: 15 October 2025
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, EUR millions)
| A. Official reserve assets | 1,283,639 | 
| 1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | 278,303 | 
| (1a) Securities | 244,042 | 
| of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | 111 | 
| (1b) total currency and deposits with: | 34,261 | 
| (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 27,022 | 
| (ii) banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | 476 | 
| (iii) banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 6,763 | 
| 2. IMF reserve position | 32,938 | 
| 3. SDRs | 187,578 | 
| 4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) | 773,154 | 
| —volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 346.282 | 
| 5. Other reserve assets | 11,666 | 
| —financial derivatives | -94 | 
| —loans to nonbank nonresidents | 11,638 | 
| —other | 121 | 
| B. Other foreign currency assets | 12,481 | 
| —securities not included in official reserve assets | 5,407 | 
| —deposits not included in official reserve assets | 7,139 | 
| —loans not included in official reserve assets | 98 | 
| —financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | -185 | 
| —gold not included in official reserve assets | ... | 
| —other | 22 | 
| 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 | -1,413 | -1,424 | 2 | 9 | 
| —outflows (-) Principal | -1,472 | -1,472 | ... | ... | 
| —outflows (-) Interest | -2 | -2 | ... | ... | 
| —inflows (+) Principal | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —inflows (+) Interest | 61 | 50 | 2 | 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) | -20,849 | -8,289 | -8,178 | -4,382 | 
| (2a) Short positions (-) | -25,687 | -10,051 | -10,014 | -5,622 | 
| (2b) Long positions (+) | 4,838 | 1,762 | 1,835 | 1,241 | 
| 3. Other (specify) | -6,068 | -5,914 | 9 | -163 | 
| —outflows related to repos (-) | -6,289 | -6,082 | -32 | -175 | 
| —inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —trade credit (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —other accounts payable (-) | -2,346 | -1,813 | -485 | -48 | 
| —other accounts receivable (+) | 2,566 | 1,981 | 526 | 60 | 
| 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_1a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —other national monetary authorities (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —BIS (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| —IMF (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_1b) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| (3_1c) with 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| 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) | ... | 
| —nonderivables forwards | ... | 
| of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | ... | 
| —long positions | ... | 
| —other instruments | ... | 
| 3. Pledged assets | ... | 
| —included in reserve assets | ... | 
| —included in other foreign currency assets | ... | 
| 4. Securities lent and on repo | -15,416 | 
| —lent or repoed and included in Section I | -22,676 | 
| —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 | 7,260 | 
| 5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | -280 | 
| —forwards | 30 | 
| —futures | 2 | 
| —swaps | -313 | 
| —options | ... | 
| —other | 2 | 
| 6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls | -1,767 | 
| —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) | -1,767 | 
| (6a) short positions ( – ) | -1,894 | 
| (6b) long positions (+) | 127 | 
| —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. | |