I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (market value)

Description:

Publishing these statistics is an obligation under the SDDS. The statistics show both the OeNB’s claims and the claims and liabilities of the central government (not denominated in euro) at the end of the reporting period. The OeNB’s claims can be broken down into "official reserve assets" and "other foreign currency assets." The OeNB’s official reserve assets only comprise claims on non-euro area residents that are held in foreign currency (not in euro). "Other foreign currency assets," by contrast, comprise foreign currency-denominated claims on euro area residents. The purpose of this table is to provide an overview of the combined foreign currency liquidity of the monetary authority and of the central government.

Source:

OeNB, Austrian Federal Financing Agency.

Definitions and terms:

Official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets, foreign currency reserves, securities, currency and deposits, IMF reserve position, Special Drawing Rights, gold (including gold deposits and gold swaps), financial derivates.