Eurosystem: End- November 2025
- 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 December 2025. Updated: - -
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, EUR millions)
A. Official reserve assets | 1,754,628 |
1. Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | 281,487 |
(1a) Securities | 254,558 |
of which: issuer headquartered in the euro area | 102 |
(1b) total currency and deposits with: | 26,929 |
(i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 17,532 |
(ii) banks headquartered in the euro area and located abroad | 759 |
(iii) banks headquartered and located outside the euro area | 8,638 |
2. IMF reserve position | 32,340 |
3. SDRs | 178,003 |
4. Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) | 1,249,460 |
—volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 346.113 |
5. Other reserve assets | 13,337 |
—financial derivatives | 20 |
—loans to nonbank nonresidents | 13,318 |
—other | ... |
B. Other foreign currency assets | 15,473 |
—securities not included in official reserve assets | 7,726 |
—deposits not included in official reserve assets | 7,194 |
—loans not included in official reserve assets | 154 |
—financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | 376 |
—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 | -1,646 | -1,654 | 2 | 7 |
—outflows (-) Principal | -1,662 | -1,662 | ... | ... |
—outflows (-) Interest | -2 | -2 | ... | ... |
—inflows (+) Principal | ... | ... | ... | ... |
—inflows (+) Interest | 18 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
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) | -24,435 | -10,720 | -9,462 | -4,253 |
(2a) Short positions (-) | -29,493 | -13,907 | -10,626 | -4,960 |
(2b) Long positions (+) | 5,058 | 3,187 | 1,165 | 707 |
3. Other (specify) | -7,194 | 86 | -319 | -6,961 |
—outflows related to repos (-) | -8,352 | -1,071 | -317 | -6,964 |
—inflows related to reverse repos (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
—trade credit (-) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
—trade credit (+) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
—other accounts payable (-) | -1,888 | -1,249 | -639 | ... |
—other accounts receivable (+) | 3,047 | 2,406 | 637 | 3 |
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 | -1,803 |
—lent or repoed and included in Section I | -12,271 |
—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 | 10,468 |
5. Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) | 395 |
—forwards | -3 |
—futures | ... |
—swaps | 398 |
—options | ... |
—other | ... |
6. Derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls | -2,900 |
—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) | -2,900 |
(6a) short positions ( – ) | -2,954 |
(6b) long positions (+) | 54 |
—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. | |
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