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Portfolio Runoff Set To Accelerate From Slow Pace (2/2)

ECB

Looking at the ECB's securities holdings, which today's report showed totalled E4.86T at end-June, we saw a decline in holdings of just over E20bln vs May (for APP + PEPP). That marks a 3-month decline of E51bln, a small amount considering the total E4.9T in ECB PEPP + APP holdings, let alone the E7T+ size of the total balance sheet.

  • The decline is set to accelerate. APP net purchases concluded in July 2022, with passive runoff of E15bln/month from Mar-Jun 2023 (which is roughly what we saw). But from July onward (as confirmed at the May ECB meeting) we get uncapped runoff.
  • That's expected to result in the APP portfolio running off by E25bln per month.
  • PEPP net purchases concluded end-Mar 2022 but reinvestments will continue for the foreseeable future.

Source: ECB, MNI

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