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Balance Sheet Half-Trillion Euros  Smaller On Jun TLTRO Unwind (1/2)

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E486bln of the just-reported E494bln decline in the ECB's balance sheet in June was due to the well-telegraphed TLTRO repayments in the month. Just under E600bln of TLTROs remain to be unwound.

  • Outside of that, the ECB's assets were little changed in the month, with securities holdings E20bln lower and gold assets down E23bln (though mainly on quarterly revaluation which is reflected in the June release).
  • Looking at the bigger picture: at E7.220T, ECB assets are E1.616T below the peak (E8.836T in Jun 2022), a drawdown of about 18%.
  • However that's still 57% larger than the E4.6T in Feb 2020 just before the pandemic.

Source: ECB, MNI

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