Total central bank assets (USD billion) - Euro area - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Central bank total assets (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the euro area, the total assets held by the central bank were 7,129.91 USD billion in October 2025, versus 7,290.24 in September 2025. This represents a reduction of 2.20 percent.
Sample. The monthly series presented in the figure has 323 observations. The time span covered by the series goes from December 1998 to October 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: assets had a mean of 3,628.38 USD billion; they hit a minimum of 683.58 in February 2002; they hit a peak of 9,742.29 in October 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 7099.01 |
| 2025-09-30 | 7290.24 |
| 2025-10-31 | 7129.91 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total central bank assets in USD, adjusted to be comparable across time and countries |
| Country | Euro area |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Assets (balance-sheet item) |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar billion |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level (adjusted for breaks) |
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