In fourth quarter of 2021, outstanding amount of shares/units issued by investment funds other than money market funds rose to €16,258 billion, up €691 billion on previous quarter Net issues in quarter amounted to €119 billion, with €1,337 billion in gross issues and €1,218 billion in gross redemptions Outstanding amount of shares/units issued by money market funds rose to €1,452 […]

Current account recorded €23 billion surplus in December 2021, down from €24 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €310 billion (2.6% of euro area GDP) in 2021, up from €213 billion (1.9%) in 2020 In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €752 billion and non-residents’ net acquisitions […]

In fourth quarter of 2021 outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area FVCs engaged in securitisation rose to €1,714 billion, from €1,626 billion in previous quarter Net issuance of debt securities by FVCs during fourth quarter of 2021 amounted to €89 billion Euro area FVCs acquired €34 billion of securitised loans in fourth quarter of 2021, with outstanding […]

ECB profit €0.2 billion (2020: €1.6 billion) after €0.6 billion transfer to provision for financial risks Profit distributed to euro area national central banks Net interest income on securities held for monetary policy purposes €1.0 billion (2020: €1.3 billion) ECB’s Balance Sheet grows to €680 billion (2020: €569 billion)

The number of illegal border crossings at EU’s external borders in the first month of 2022 reached 13 160, 78% more than in January 2021 and 23% more than in 2020, according to preliminary calculations.

Breaches of EU air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide across Europe were predominantly due to road traffic, while domestic heating lay behind the majority of exceedances for particulate matter, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment on air quality plans published today.

In the week ending 11 February 2022 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.5 billion to EUR 327.6 billion.

FX Global Code promotes robust, fair, liquid, open and appropriately transparent foreign exchange market European System of Central Banks publicly reaffirms commitment to updated Code Code first published in 2017 and updated mid-2021

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday discussed the crisis situation that has developed on the Russia-Ukraine border with European Council President Charles Michel by phone, his press chief said.