The dataset contains the official reserve assets of the euro area, as well as individual EU country data. National reserve assets statistics are collected in the context of Guideline ECB/2011/23 of 9 December 2011 (as amended) and both, national data and euro area aggregates, follow the principles and classifications of the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).
Detailed documentation on the international reserve assets of the Eurosystem can be found on the ECB website
Template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity Data Template
Monthly
For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the RA6 underlying DSD (BOP1_15) maintained by the IMF.
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RA6 - International Reserves of the Eurosystem (BPM6)
National Central Banks
European Central Bank
The data are published on the website on the 15th day of each month with reference to the previous month (see the ECB publications calendar ).
10th calendar day with reference to the previous month
Statistics Bulletin, ECB website
Download the series catalogue containing a full list of series and associated metadata of the dataset RA6 in CSV format (zipped)