Belgium: Economic and financial data

Date of last update : 22 March 2021

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 26308 0
    Gold (including gold deposits gold swapped) 10639 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 9846 0
          Memo: volume in millions of fine troy ounces 6,766 0
       Unallocated gold accounts 793 0
          Memo: volume in millions of fine troy ounces 0,545 0
    SDRs 4634 0
    IMF reserve position 1940 0
    Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) 9096 0
       Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) 8728 0
          Total currency and deposits with: 1099 0
             Other national central banks, BIS and IMF 869 0
             Claims on entities (banks) 229 0
                Banks headquartered in the reporting country 0 0
                Banks headquartered outside the reporting country 229 0
          Securities 7629 0
             of which: securities under repo for cash collateral 3638 0
             Of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad 0 0
             Debt securities 7629 0
                -money market instruments 847 0
                - bonds and notes 6782 0
             - equities 0 0
       Other reserve assets (specify) 368 0
          Financial derivatives -19 0
          Other claims 387 0
             Loans to nonbank nonresidents 387 0
             Other 0 0
 B. Other foreign currency assets (not included in reserve assets) 612 -266
    Securities not included in official reserve assets 123 0
    Deposits not included in official reserve assets 491 0
       Headquartered in Member States whose currency is the euro 439 0
       Headquartered outside Member States whose currency is the euro 52 0
    Loans not included in official reserve assets 0 0
    Financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets -1 -266
    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 -63 0 -1 0 -9 0 -53
    Outflows (-) 0 -63 0 -1 0 -9 0 -53
       Outflows (-) - Principal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       Outflows (-) - Interest 0 -63 0 -1 0 -9 0 -53
    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) -4706 63 -1651 1 -2894 9 -161 53
    Short positions (-) -4706 0 -1651 0 -2894 0 -161 0
    Long positions (+) 0 63 0 1 0 9 0 53
 Other (specify) -3552 0 -3552 0 0 0 0 0
    Outflows related to repos (-) -3713 0 -3713 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 (-) -39 0 -39 0 0 0 0 0
    Other accounts receivable (+) 200 0 200 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 -3358 0
       Lent or repoed and included in official reserves and other foreign currency assets -3638 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 280 0
    Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) -21 -266
       Forwards -1 0
       Futures 0 0
       Swaps -19 -266
       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) 26308  
    Currencies in SDR basket 26212 0
       of which : in EUR 0 0
       of which : in USD 7566 0
       of which : in CNY 209 0
       of which : in JPY 843 0
       of which : in GBP 0 0
    Currencies not in SDR basket 96 0

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