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International reserves and foreign currency liquidity

The final/preliminary figures for international reserves and foreign currency liquidity are published monthly on behalf of Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway. Publishing of these figures is a part of the central banks obligations according to IMF’s Special Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

Updated: 23 April 2025
Next update: 7 May 2025

Selected figures from the statistics

  • Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets, market value. NOK million
    Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets, market value. NOK million1
    February 2025March 2025
    A. Official reserve assets980 497930 179
    Foreign currency reserves770 884738 192
    IMF reserve position13 95813 136
    SDRs80 72976 937
    Other reserve assets114 926101 914
    Other foreign currency assets2 8473 739
    1The table is updated with final figures after the 21st of the month following the reporting period
    Explanation of symbols
  • International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
    International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
    March 2025
    A. Official reserve assets NOK930 179
    A. Official reserve assets, preliminary figures946 883
    (1) Foreign currency reserves738 192
    (a) Securities705 759
    of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad0
    (b) total currency and deposits with:32 433
    (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF32 247
    (ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country0
    of which: located abroad0
    (iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country185
    of which: located in the reporting country0
    (2) IMF reserve position13 136
    (3) SDRs76 937
    (4) Gold0
    (5) Other reserve assets101 914
    financial derivatives-3
    loans to nonbank nonresidents0
    other101 918
    B. Other foreign currency assets3 739
    securities not included in official reserve assets0
    deposits not included in official reserve assets413
    loans not included in official reserve assets0
    financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets16
    gold not included in official reserve assets0
    other3 309
    Explanation of symbols
  • International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)
    International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)
    March 2025
    Maturity totalMaturity 0-1 monthMaturity 1-3 monthMaturity 3-12 month
    1.Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits-3670-3670
    outflows (-) - (Principal)0000
    outflows (-) - (Interest)-3670-3670
    inflows (+) - (Principal)0000
    inflows (+) - (Interest)0000
    2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards
    (a) Short positions (-)0000
    (b) Long positions (+)0000
    3. Other-61 178-61 17800
    outflows related to repos (-)-14-1400
    inflows related to reverse repos (+)0000
    trade credit (-)0000
    trade credit (+)0000
    other accounts payable (-)-61 164-61 16400
    other accounts receivable (+)0000
    Explanation of symbols
  • International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. IV. Memo items
    International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. IV. Memo items
    March 2025
    (a) Short term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate0
    (b) Financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (NOK)0
    derivatives (forwards, futures or options contracts)0
    (c) Pledged assets0
    (d) Securities lent and on repo-7 940
    lent or repoed and included in section I-7 940
    lent or repoed but not included in section I0
    borrowed or acquired and included in section I0
    borrowed or acquired but not included in section I0
    (e) Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market)13
    forwards13
    futures0
    swaps0
    options0
    other0
    (f) Derivatives (forward, futures or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year0
    aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps)0
    aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency0
    (2) To be disclosed at least once a year:
    Currency composition of reserves930 179
    Currencies in SDR basket827 773
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in US Dollars473 151
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Euros241 738
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Chinese Yuan11 284
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Japanese Yen50 430
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in UK Pound Sterling51 170
    Currencies not in SDR basket102 406
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 22 April 2021.

A brief description of the financial institutions and instruments:

Norges Bank: The Central Bank of Norway exercise advisory, excecutant and control functions related to exchange rate-, credit- and monetary policy.

NBIM: Norges Bank Investment Management. NBIM is responsible for investing the Norwegian Government Pension Fund's international assets. In addition to managing the Pension Fund's international assets, NBIM also manages the major share of Norges Bank’s foreign exchange reserves and the Government Petroleum Insurance Fund. NBIM invests in international equities and fixed income instruments, money market instruments and derivatives.

The balance sheet: The balance shows assets, debt and equity by the end of a financial year.

International reserves: Liquid currency claims abroad under the control of monetary authorities.

Foreign currency liquidity: (1) Liquid currency reserves (international reserves and other reserves) under control of the authority. (2) Actual and conditional future net currency flows which affect currency claims (short-term debt in currency and activities off balance).

Future short term obligations: Net currency flows as a result of the authority’s financial activity versus domestic and foreign customers the coming 12 months.

Monetary authorities: The Central Bank

Data are compiled according to the guidelines provided in the IMF's "Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity" – Operational Guidelines.

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