In the week ending 11 July 2025 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.1 billion to EUR 324.1 billion.
The net balance of open market operations and standing facilities (asset item 5 minus liability items 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4) rose by EUR 5.6 billion to ‑EUR 2,656.9 billion. This was primarily due to the change in the level of the deposit facility (liability item 2.2).
Base money (liability items 1, 2.1 and 2.2) decreased by EUR 9.1 billion to EUR 4,428.1 billion.
The table below provides the detailed breakdown of securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1) into the different portfolios. All debt securities held in these portfolios are accounted for at amortised cost.
Table 1
Monetary policy securities portfolios |
Reported value as at 11 July 2025 |
Weekly change - purchases [1] |
Weekly change - redemptions |
Securities Markets Programme |
EUR 0.7 billion |
- |
- |
Covered bond purchase programme 3 |
EUR 224.5 billion |
- |
- |
Asset-backed securities purchase programme |
EUR 4.5 billion |
- |
-EUR 0.0 billion |
Public sector purchase programme |
EUR 1,972.0 billion |
- |
-EUR 1.8 billion |
Corporate sector purchase programme |
EUR 263.2 billion |
-EUR 0.2 billion |
-EUR 0.6 billion |
Pandemic emergency purchase programme |
EUR 1,491.5 billion |
- |
-EUR 0.4 billion |
[1] With the discontinuation of the reinvestments under the asset purchase programme, this column may sometimes show negative amounts. These are expected to be infrequent and would result from sales of securities conducted, for instance, for risk management purposes.
The content and format of the weekly financial statement are set out in Annexes IV to VI to Guideline (EU) 2024/2941 of the European Central Bank of 14 November 2024 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2024/31).
