Belgium: Economic and financial data

Date of last update : 19 July 2019

The data shown on this page correspond to the economic and financial variables described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For an extended explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Belgium has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

 

Series keys for the Template on International Reserves / Foreign Currency Liquidity (participating MSs)



Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value)
(millions of euro's)

 

National Bank

Government
 A. Official reserve assets 24794 0
    Gold (including gold deposits gold swapped) 9082 0
       of which: monetary gold under swap for cash collateral 0 0
       Memo: volume in millions of fine troy ounces 7.311 0
       Gold bullion 8405 0
          Memo: volume in millions of fine troy ounces 6.766 0
       Unallocated gold accounts 677 0
          Memo: volume in millions of fine troy ounces 0.545 0
    SDRs 4760 0
    IMF reserve position 1342 0
    Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) 9610 0
       Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) 9170 0
          Total currency and deposits with: 986 0
             Other national central banks, BIS and IMF 985 0
             Claims on entities (banks) 1 0
                Banks headquartered in the reporting country 0 0
                Banks headquartered outside the reporting country 1 0
          Securities 8184 0
             of which: securities under repo for cash collateral 3875 0
             Of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad 0 0
             Debt securities 8184 0
                -money market instruments 984 0
                - bonds and notes 7200 0
             - equities 0 0
       Other reserve assets (specify) 440 0
          Financial derivatives 9 0
          Other claims 431 0
             Loans to nonbank nonresidents 431 0
             Other 0 0
 B. Other foreign currency assets (not included in reserve assets) 414 32
    Securities not included in official reserve assets 321 0
    Deposits not included in official reserve assets 88 0
       Headquartered in Member States whose currency is the euro 88 0
       Headquartered outside Member States whose currency is the euro 0 0
    Loans not included in official reserve assets 0 0
    Financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets 5 32
    Gold not included in official reserve assets 0 0
    Other 0 0


Predetermined short - term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)
(millions of euro's)

 

Total

Maturity breakdown (residual maturity)

National Bank

Government

Up to 1 month

More than 1 month and up to 3 months

More than 3 months and up to 1 year

National Bank

Government

National Bank

Government

National Bank

Government
 Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits 0 -4044 0 -25 0 -2679 0 -1340
    Outflows (-) 0 -4044 0 -25 0 -2679 0 -1340
       Outflows (-) - Principal 0 -3954 0 0 0 -2636 0 -1318
       Outflows (-) - Interest 0 -90 0 -25 0 -43 0 -22
    Inflows (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Inflows (+) - Principal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Inflows (+) - Interest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 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) -3803 4044 -1332 25 -2471 2679 0 1340
    Short positions (-) -3882 0 -1411 0 -2471 0 0 0
    Long positions (+) 79 4044 79 25 0 2679 0 1340
 Other (specify) -3954 0 -3954 0 0 0 0 0
    Outflows related to repos (-) -3954 0 -3954 0 0 0 0 0
    Inflows related to reverse repos (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Trade credit (-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Trade credit (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other accounts payable (-) -41 0 -41 0 0 0 0 0
    Other accounts receivable (+) 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0


Contingent short - term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)
(millions of euro's)

 

Total

Maturity breakdown (residual maturity)

National Bank

Government

Up to 1 month

More than 1 month and up to 3 months

More than 3 months and up to 1 year

National Bank

Government

National Bank

Government

National Bank

Government
 Contingent liabilities in foreign currency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other contingent liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Foreign currency securities issued with embedded options (puttable bonds) 0 0            
 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Other national monetary authorities (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       BIS (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       IMF (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Other international organizations(+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    With banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    With banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (+) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Other national monetary authorities (-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       BIS (-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       IMF (-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Other international organizations(-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Short positions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Bought puts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Written calls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Long positions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Bought calls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Written puts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 PRO MEMORIA: In-the-money options                
    At current exchange rates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Short position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Long position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    + 5% (depreciation of 5%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Short position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Long position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    - 5% (appreciation of 5%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Short position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Long position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    + 10% (depreciation of 10%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Short position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Long position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    - 10% (appreciation of 10%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Short position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Long position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other (specify) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Short position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Long position 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Memo items
(millions of euro's)

 

National Bank

Government
 To be reported with standard periodicity and timeliness:    
    Short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate 0 0
    Financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (e.g., in domestic currency) 0 0
       Derivatives (forwards,futures or options contracts) 0 0
          Short positions 0 0
          Long positions 0 0
       Other instruments 0 0
    Pledged assets 0 0
       Included in reserve assets 0 0
       Included in other foreign currency assets 0 0
    Securities lent on repo -3742 0
       Lent or repoed and included in official reserves and other foreign currency assets -3875 0
       Lent or repoed but not included in official reserves and other foreign currency assets 0 0
       Borrowed or acquired and included in official reserves and other foreign currency assets 0 0
       Borrowed or acquired but not included in official reserves and other foreign currency assets 133 0
    Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) 14 32
       Forwards -2 0
       Futures 0 0
       Swaps 16 32
       Options 0 0
       Other 0 0
    Derivatives (forwards, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year 0 0
       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) 0 0
          Short positions (-) 0 0
          Long positions (+) 0 0
       Aggregate short and long positions in options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency 0 0
          Short positions 0 0
             Bought puts 0 0
             Written calls 0 0
          Long positions 0 0
             Bought calls 0 0
             Written puts 0 0
 To be disclosed at least once a year:    
 Currency composition of reserves (by groups of currencies) 24794 0
    Currencies in SDR basket 24698 0
       of which : in EUR 0 0
       of which : in USD 7894 0
       of which : in CNY 200 0
       of which : in JPY 980 0
       of which : in GBP 0 0
    Currencies not in SDR basket 96 0

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