Total central bank assets (USD billion) - Japan - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Central bank total assets (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the total assets held by the central bank were 4,516.45 USD billion in October 2025, versus 4,697.57 in September. This represents a reduction of 3.86 percent.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 826 observations in total. The period covered by the series extends from January 1957 to October 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: assets had a mean value of 1,178.41 billion US dollars; they attained a maximum of 6,815.86 in December 2020; they recorded a minimum of 2.26 in May 1957.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 4915.41 |
| 2025-09-30 | 4697.57 |
| 2025-10-31 | 4516.45 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total central bank assets in USD, adjusted to be comparable across time and countries |
| Country | Japan |
| 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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