The European Central Bank's (ECB) reserve assets showed overall growth from 1999 to 2024, despite periodic fluctuations, reaching a peak of approximately 99.34 billion euros in 2024. These reserve assets - which complement gold and convertible currency reserves - serve as a financial buffer that can be deployed to stabilize foreign exchange markets, facilitate foreign trade intervention, and address trade deficits.
Reserve assets of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 1999 to 2024
(in billion euros)
Characteristic
Foreign currency reserves in billion euros
2024
99.34
2023
86.66
2022
84.15
2021
77.91
2020
71.04
2019
73.22
2018
68.64
2017
62.04
2016
69.08
2015
65.57
2014
60.5
2013
53.58
2012
61.88
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ECB. (January 15, 2025). Reserve assets of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 1999 to 2024 (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/254290/eurosystems-stock-of-reserve-assets/
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ECB. "Reserve Assets of The European Central Bank (Ecb) from 1999 to 2024 (in Billion Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254290/eurosystems-stock-of-reserve-assets/
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Reserve assets of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 1999 to 2024 (in billion euros) [Graph], ECB, January 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/254290/eurosystems-stock-of-reserve-assets/
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