Statistics
The purpose of ECB statistics is to provide all the data necessary in order to undertake the tasks of the European System of Central Banks. Although the main task is the conduct of the euro area monetary policy for the euro area, ECB statistics are also provided to the European Systemic Risk Board for the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system.
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ECB statistics are available free of charge and can be downloaded via the Statistical Data Warehouse. The statistical activities of the ESCB are based on the ECB’s medium-term work programme and follow the agreed Public commitment on European Statistics by the ESCB.
Latest releases
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16/05/2012
Seasonally adjusted euro area HICP
Following today's publication by Eurostat of the April 2012 figures of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for the euro area, the ECB has compiled the seasonally adjusted monthly rate of change of the euro area HICP, which is 0.3% for April 2012. The latest HICP data, including breakdowns of the main aggregates, can be accessed from the Statistical Data Warehouse.
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14/05/2012
Press release: Euro area securities issues statistics
The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents increased to
4.6% in March 2012 from 4.3% in February. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area
residents, the annual growth rate was 1.6% in March 2012, compared with 1.5% in February.
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11/05/2012
Latest harmonised long-term interest rate statistics (LTIR)
The latest update of the LTIR used for assessing convergence, for the reference period April 2012, has been published on the "Long-term interest rate" web page. The monthly updates are released on that page in line with the predetermined release calendar.
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10/05/2012
Monthly Bulletin
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10/05/2012
Statistics Pocket Book
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10/05/2012
ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters
The results for the second quarter of 2012 are now available.
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08/05/2012
Latest monthly outstanding amounts of STEP labelled debt securities
The latest update of the monthly outstanding amounts of debt securities for programmes labelled as STEP compliant has been published. In April 2012, the outstanding amounts strongly decreased by €13.9 billion (-2.3%) to €456.8 billion.
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07/05/2012
Euro area MFI interest rate statistics
In March 2012 most interest rates decreased, as reflected in the euro area composite interest rates for loans and deposits. The composite interest rate on deposits from non-financial corporations, however, remained broadly unchanged. more
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07/05/2012
Harmonised indicators of competitiveness based on consumer prices.
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30/04/2012
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
In March 2012, the official reserve assets of the Eurosystem decreased by €25.2 billion (3.6%) to €671.3 billion. The contribution of the ECB decreased by €1.3 billion (2.1%) to €59.4 billion. The updated information for December 2011 show that the official reserve assets of the ECB denominated in US dollar accounted for €28.6 billion, while those denominated in Japanese yen represented €12.3 billion. more
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30/04/2012
Press release: Monetary developments in the euro area
The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 3.2% in March 2012, from 2.8% in February 2012. The three-month average of the annual growth rates of M3 in the period from January
2012 to March 2012 increased to 2.8%, from 2.3% in the period from December 2011 to February 2012.
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30/04/2012
Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: fourth quarter 2011
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the annual growth rate of euro area households’ gross saving increased significantly to 3.6% compared with -0.9% in the third quarter. The annual growth rate of net entrepreneurial income of euro area non-financial corporations decreased to -6.3% in the fourth quarter, after 0.1% in the third quarter.more
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27/04/2012
Survey on the access to finance of SMEs in the euro area
According to the results of the sixth wave of the survey on the access to finance, conducted by the ECB, euro area SMEs’ external financing needs increased between October 2011 and March 2012. At the same time, the survey results show that access to bank loans continued to deteriorate. more
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26/04/2012
Estimates of outstanding amounts of loans granted by euro area monetary financial institutions to euro area non-financial corporations, broken down by industry (NACE Rev. 2)
In December 2011 the largest shares of total loans granted were accounted for real estate and other market services (34%), manufacturing (14%), and wholesale and retail trade (12%).
Explanatory notes: Loans from euro area monetary financial institutions to non-financial corporations by branch of activity . Statistical Data Warehouse
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25/04/2012
Results of the April 2012 bank lending survey for the euro area
The results reported in the April 2012 bank lending survey relate to changes during the first quarter of 2012 and expectations of changes in the second quarter of 2012. The survey was conducted between 23 March and 5 April 2012. In the first quarter of 2012 the size of the sample of banks surveyed was increased to 131 banks; the response rate was 100%. more
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20/04/2012
Press release: Euro area investment fund statistics
In February 2012, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds was €137 billion higher than in January 2012. This increase was due mainly to increases in share/unit prices. more
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19/04/2012
Euro banknotes in circulation: latest figures
The circulation of euro banknotes increased in March 2012, from €867.3 billion to €869.9 billion. This increase was mainly due to the net issuance of 50 euro notes (+€1.4 billion) and 100 euro notes (+€1.0 billion). more
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18/04/2012
Manual on MFI balance sheet statistics
The European Central Bank has today published a manual on MFI balance sheet statistics. The manual provides compilers and reporting agents for such statistics with a comprehensive point of reference regarding the relevant legal requirements, as well as further, non-binding guidance on methodological issues. Such information may also be important for users as regards the analysis of data. more
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18/04/2012
Press release: Euro area balance of payments in February 2012 and international investment position at the end of 2011
In February 2012 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of €1.3 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net inflows of €13 billion (non-seasonally adjusted). more
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16/04/2012
Financial Markets Survey - 2011 update
The annual Financial Markets Survey (FMS) collects basic quantitative financial market information (market size and activities) on securities for non-euro area EU countries. The combination of the euro area securities issues statistics and the FMS makes it possible to analyse the structure of the securities market within the European Union. more
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10/04/2012
Latest national aggregated balance sheets of non-participating Member States' MFI's
The latest updates to the national aggregated balance sheets of all non-participating Member States' MFIs (excluding NCBs) for the reference period February 2012 have been published.
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03/04/2012
Press release: Statistics on euro area insurance corporations and pension funds: fourth quarter 2011
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the total financial assets of euro area insurance corporations and pension funds increased to €6,980 billion, from €6,919 billion in the previous quarter. Over the same period, the insurance technical reserves, which are the main liabilities of insurance corporations and pension funds, increased to €6,131 billion, from €6,113 billion. This increase is due almost equally to positive transactions and valuation changes more
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30/03/2012
Residential property prices in the euro area in the fourth quarter of 2011
The ECB residential property price indicator for the euro area decreased by 0.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2011. On average in 2011, residential property prices in the euro area increased by 1.0% as compared to 2010, while they had changed by 1.1% in 2010 as compared to 2009. more
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30/03/2012
Euro area balance of payments and international investment position statistics – 2011 quality report
The 2011 quality report on the euro area balance of payments and international investment position statistics indicates that the reliability of the current account and the financial account has improved over the last three years. The indicators show an overall steady reduction in revisions, even though various Member States have implemented enhancements that improve the methodological soundness, the coverage and the consistency of their contributions to the euro area statistics. This year’s report includes a box containing an estimation of the geographical breakdown of the holders of euro area portfolio investment liabilities. more
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21/02/2012
Publication of latest statistics on quarterly negotiated wages in the euro area
Average negotiated wage rates in the euro area grew by 2.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 2.1% in the third quarter of 2011.
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20/02/2012
Press release: Euro area financial vehicle corporations statistics: fourth quarter 2011
In the fourth quarter of 2011, net acquisitions of loans by euro area financial vehicle corporations (FVCs)
engaged in securitisation amounted to €63 billion. Over the same period, net issuance of debt securities by euro
area FVCs totalled €59 billion. more
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08/02/2012
Update of trade weights data underlying the EERs and HCIs
China has become the largest trading partner of the euro area. more
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20/01/2012
Technical Compilation Guide for Pension Data in National Accounts
Today the European Commission (Eurostat) and the ECB have released the Technical Compilation Guide for Pension Data in National Accounts. The Guide, produced by the two institutions based on a mandate given by the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics, is a handbook for compilers and users of data on pension schemes in social insurance. It aims at supporting National Statistical Institutes, Central banks and other compilers within the European Union, to derive position and flow data for pension entitlements. The guide is also a useful tool to help users to understand the data. more
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19/01/2012
Euro area international investment position - debt securities by currency of denomination at end-June 2011
At the end of June 2011, the total value of debt securities issued by non-euro area corporations and governments, and held by euro area residents was EUR 2.9 trillion, of which 49% denominated in euro and 27% in US dollar. The total value of euro area debt securities held by non-euro area residents was EUR 4.5 trillion, of which 64% denominated in euro and 20% in US dollar.
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Some methodological information can be found in the publication: "The international role of the euro".
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19/12/2011
Press release: Euro area balance of payments in October 2011
In October 2011 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of €7.5 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net outflows of €32.1 billion (non-seasonally adjusted). more
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16/12/2011
Latest update of the Consolidated Banking Data
The latest semi-annual update of the Consolidated Banking Data (CBD) has been released, with reference end-June 2011. Reported CBD indicators are a subset of the corresponding annual indicators (for which the last update refers to end-2010), but anyway encompass the most relevant issues of profitability and efficiency, balance sheet, asset quality and capital adequacy, both at national and at EU-27 level.
As the semi-annual data might be partially derived from sources other than the standard annual CBD, they may be not immediately comparable to the corresponding annual data.
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07/12/2011
Publication of end-2010 Structural Financial Indicators
This data set, previously reported in the ECB report on “EU Banking Structures” provides information about structural features of the financial systems of individual EU Member States. more
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11/11/2011
Latest update of the indicators of financial integration
These indicators allow an overall assessment of the degree of financial integration in the main financial market segments of the euro area, covering the money market, bond markets, equity markets and banking markets, and include indicators related to market infrastructures.more
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11/11/2011
Press release: Euro area securities issues statistics
The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was 3.3% in September 2011, the same as in August. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.9% in September 2011, the same as in August.
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28/10/2011
Euro area international investment position and its geographical breakdown at the end of 2010 and Geographical breakdown of the current account up to the second quarter of 2011
The international investment position of the euro area vis-à-vis the rest of the world recorded net liabilities of €1.2 trillion (13% of euro area GDP) at the end of 2010, €179 billion less than at the end of 2009. more
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25/10/2011
Aggregated balance sheet of euro area investment fund: euro area breakdowns by investment policy and national contributions on assets and liabilities
The latest statistics on the aggregated balance sheet of euro area investment funds broken down by investment policy are now available in a table format
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Additionally, the latest quarterly statistics for the national contributions to the aggregated balance sheet of euro area investment funds are also available in a table format. The same tables, translated in the corresponding national language, are available on the websites of participating National Central Banks
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25/10/2011
Aggregated balance sheet of euro area insurance corporations and pension funds: national contributions
The latest annual statistics for the national contributions to the aggregated balance sheet of euro area insurance corporations and pension funds are now available in table format. The same tables, translated in the corresponding national language, are available on the websites of participating National Central Banks
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16/09/2011
Press release: Euro area balance of payments in July 2011
In July 2011 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of €12.9 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net outflows of €16 billion (non-seasonally adjusted). more
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12/09/2011
Press release: Payment Statistics for 2010
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published the 2010 statistics on non-cash payments, which comprise indicators on access to and use of payment instruments and terminals by the public, as well as volumes and values of transactions processed through payment systems. Statistics are published for each EU Member State, in addition to EU and euro area aggregates and comparative data.
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13/07/2011
Statistics on securities trading, clearing and settlement - data for 2010
The number of delivery instructions processed by central securities depositories in the EU reached 331 million, corresponding to a value of € 921 trillion. Compared with the data for 2009, this means a decrease of 2% of the number and an increase of 8% of their value. The Eurosystem also follows developments in the securities trading and clearing infrastructure, given its close relationship with the settlement of securities in CSDs. Therefore, in addition to the statistics from CSDs, the ECB is also releasing today statistics from central counterparties (clearing) and securities exchanges (trading).more
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27/06/2011
ECB launches new developments in monetary and financial statistics
Press briefing on new monetary and financial statistics
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12/05/2011
Release of the ECB's government finance statistics dashboard
The latest government deficit/surplus and debt data for the euro area, the EU and individual EU Member States can now be accessed via the ECB's new government finance statistics dashboard.
In 2010 the euro area's government deficit totalled 6.0% of GDP, while government debt increased to 85.2% of GDP, up from 79.3% in 2009.
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11/05/2011
ECB publishes a Notice on the statistical reporting obligations of electronic money institutions from 30 April 2011
The European Central Bank has published a Notice on the statistical reporting obligations of electronic money institutions from 30 April 2011. In view of changes in the legal framework for electronic money institutions under Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009, the Notice provides information about the ongoing statistical reporting requirements for these institutions under Regulation ECB/2008/32 of 19 December 2008 concerning the balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (Recast). The Notice can be accessed via
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on the statistical reporting obligations of electronic money institutions from 30 April 2011 .
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30/03/2011
Euro area monetary and financial statistics – 2010 quality report
The report contains assessments of the quality of euro area monetary and financial statistics, including a quantitative analysis of the reliability of, and the revisions to, the balance sheet statistics of the monetary financial institutions sector. Furthermore, it provides information on the implementation of four much enhanced or new ECB statistics which have been developed to meet user requirements. Based on an in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis, the main conclusions of this report are that the euro area monetary and financial statistics are of a very high quality and were published in a timely and punctual manner in 2010. more
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18/03/2011
Press release: Euro area balance of payments (January 2011)
In January 2011 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of EUR 0.7 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net outflows of EUR 7 billion (non-seasonally adjusted).
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01/03/2011
Latest euro area Credit Institutions sector balance sheet statistics
The latest updates of the aggregated balance sheet statistics of the euro area Credit Institutions sector for the reference period December 2010 have been published today.
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14/01/2011
MFI statistics 2011: the number of monetary financial institutions in the euro area and in the EU decreases further
On 1 January 2011 the total number of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in the euro area stood at 7,865. There is a net decrease of 211 units (2.6%) in comparison with the situation a year ago. The decline was spread across the whole of the euro area. The number of MFIs in the euro area went up by 37 units when Estonia joined the euro area on 1 January 2011. There were 9,921 MFIs in the European Union (EU) as a whole, a net decrease of 271 units.more
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20/12/2010
Press release: Euro area balance of payments in October 2010
In October 2010 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of EUR 9.8 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net inflows of EUR 4 billion (non-seasonally adjusted).more
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17/12/2010
Residential property prices in the euro area in the third quarter of 2010
The ECB residential property price indicator for the euro area increased by 2.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2010. In the first and second quarters of 2010, prices for houses and flats were 0.3% and 1.8%, respectively, higher than in the same quarter one year earlier, while residential property prices had decreased by almost 3% in 2009. more
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19/10/2010
Press release: Euro area balance of payments in August 2010
In August 2010 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of EUR 7.5 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net outflows of EUR 1 billion (non-seasonally adjusted).
At the end of the second quarter of 2010, the international investment position of the euro area recorded net liabilities of EUR 1.1 trillion vis-à-vis the rest of the world (12% of euro area GDP). This represented a reduction of EUR 202 billion in comparison with the position at the end of the previous quarter. more
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13/10/2010
ECB publishes historical data for the euro area yield curves
Today, the European Central Bank has released historical data for the euro area yield curves that go back to 6 September 2004. These data are based on the same sources and methodology used for the daily estimations.
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05/10/2010
Publication of Consolidated Banking Data (reference period: end-2009)
The Consolidated Banking Data (CBD) containing information on the profitability, balance sheets, assets quality, capital adequacy and solvency of EU banks have been published. The CBD is based on annual consolidated information provided by the member organisations of the Banking Supervision Committee (BSC) of the European System of Central Banks. more
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23/09/2010
ECB publishes the Euro Money Market Survey 2010
Today the European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing a report entitled “Euro Money Market Survey 2010”, which illustrates the main developments in the euro money market in the second quarter of 2010, in comparison with the second quarter of 2009.
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15/09/2010
Seasonally adjusted euro area HICP
Following today's publication by Eurostat of the August 2010 figures of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for the euro area, the ECB has compiled the seasonally adjusted monthly rate of change of the euro area HICP, which is 0.1% for August 2010. The latest HICP data, including breakdowns of the main aggregates, can be accessed from the Statistical Data Warehouse.
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10/09/2010
Euro area securities issues statistics
The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents decreased from 3.7% in June 2010 to 3.4% in July. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.8% in July 2010, compared with 1.9% in June.
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07/09/2010
BIS, ECB and IMF publish second part of Handbook on Securities Statistics
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today jointly released the second part of the “Handbook on Securities Statistics”, which covers debt securities holdings. The aim of the Handbook is to assist national and international agencies in the production of relevant, coherent and internationally comparable securities statistics for use in monetary policy formulation and financial stability analysis.
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