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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: 21 October 2025
Next update: 7 November 2025

Selected figures from these 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
    August 2025September 2025
    A. Official reserve assets913 968902 405
    Foreign currency reserves724 483725 838
    IMF reserve position13 61013 551
    SDRs75 66575 413
    Other reserve assets100 21087 603
    Other foreign currency assets2 9841 593
    1The table is updated with final figures after the 21st of the month following the reporting period
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  • 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
    September 2025
    A. Official reserve assets NOK902 404
    A. Official reserve assets, preliminary figures898 068
    (1) Foreign currency reserves725 838
    (a) Securities714 977
    of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad0
    (b) total currency and deposits with:10 860
    (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF10 533
    (ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country0
    of which: located abroad0
    (iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country327
    of which: located in the reporting country0
    (2) IMF reserve position13 551
    (3) SDRs75 413
    (4) Gold0
    (5) Other reserve assets87 603
    financial derivatives-2
    loans to nonbank nonresidents0
    other87 605
    B. Other foreign currency assets1 593
    securities not included in official reserve assets0
    deposits not included in official reserve assets216
    loans not included in official reserve assets0
    financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets7
    gold not included in official reserve assets0
    other1 369
    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)
    September 2025
    Maturity totalMaturity 0-1 monthMaturity 1-3 monthMaturity 3-12 month
    1.Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits-3400-3400
    outflows (-) - (Principal)0000
    outflows (-) - (Interest)-3400-3400
    inflows (+) - (Principal)0000
    inflows (+) - (Interest)0000
    2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards
    (a) Short positions (-)0000
    (b) Long positions (+)0000
    3. Other-58 588-58 58800
    outflows related to repos (-)-114-11400
    inflows related to reverse repos (+)0000
    trade credit (-)0000
    trade credit (+)0000
    other accounts payable (-)-58 474-58 47400
    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
    September 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-7 928
    lent or repoed and included in section I-7 928
    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)5
    forwards1
    futures0
    swaps0
    options5
    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 reserves902 404
    Currencies in SDR basket799 521
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in US Dollars444 799
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Euros235 822
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Chinese Yuan11 357
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Japanese Yen50 455
    Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in UK Pound Sterling57 088
    Currencies not in SDR basket102 883
    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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