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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).
Selected figures from these statistics
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets, market value. NOK millionDownload table as ...Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets, market value. NOK million1
August 2025 September 2025 A. Official reserve assets 913 968 898 068 Foreign currency reserves 724 483 721 973 IMF reserve position 13 610 13 551 SDRs 75 665 75 053 Other reserve assets 100 210 87 491 Other foreign currency assets 2 984 -961 1The table is updated with final figures after the 21st of the month following the reporting period Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assetsDownload table as ...International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets
September 2025 A. Official reserve assets NOK . A. Official reserve assets, preliminary figures 898 068 (1) Foreign currency reserves 721 973 (a) Securities 711 094 of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad 0 (b) total currency and deposits with: 10 879 (i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF 10 533 (ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country 0 of which: located abroad 0 (iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country 346 of which: located in the reporting country 0 (2) IMF reserve position 13 551 (3) SDRs 75 053 (4) Gold 0 (5) Other reserve assets 87 491 financial derivatives -6 loans to nonbank nonresidents 0 other 87 497 B. Other foreign currency assets -961 securities not included in official reserve assets 0 deposits not included in official reserve assets 233 loans not included in official reserve assets 0 financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets 7 gold not included in official reserve assets 0 other -1 201 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)Download table as ...International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)
August 2025 Maturity total Maturity 0-1 month Maturity 1-3 month Maturity 3-12 month 1.Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits -176 0 -176 0 outflows (-) - (Principal) 0 0 0 0 outflows (-) - (Interest) -176 0 -176 0 inflows (+) - (Principal) 0 0 0 0 inflows (+) - (Interest) 0 0 0 0 2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards (a) Short positions (-) 0 0 0 0 (b) Long positions (+) 0 0 0 0 3. Other -62 865 -62 865 0 0 outflows related to repos (-) -8 -8 0 0 inflows related to reverse repos (+) 0 0 0 0 trade credit (-) 0 0 0 0 trade credit (+) 0 0 0 0 other accounts payable (-) -62 857 -62 857 0 0 other accounts receivable (+) 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. IV. Memo itemsDownload table as ...International reserves and foreign liquidity. NOK million. IV. Memo items
August 2025 (a) Short term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate 0 (b) Financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (NOK) 0 derivatives (forwards, futures or options contracts) 0 (c) Pledged assets 0 (d) Securities lent and on repo -4 128 lent or repoed and included in section I -4 128 lent or repoed but not included in section I 0 borrowed or acquired and included in section I 0 borrowed or acquired but not included in section I 0 (e) Financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) 3 forwards 3 futures 0 swaps 0 options 0 other 0 (f) Derivatives (forward, futures or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year 0 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 currency 0 (2) To be disclosed at least once a year: Currency composition of reserves 0 Currencies in SDR basket 0 Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in US Dollars 0 Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Euros 0 Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Chinese Yuan 0 Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in Japanese Yen 0 Currency Composition of Reserves, Denominated in UK Pound Sterling 0 Currencies not in SDR basket 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
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.
Name: International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
Topic: External economy
Division for Financial Markets Statistics
Only at the national level.
Monthly:
Preliminary figures for total international reserves will be published on the fifth working after the end of the reference month.
Final figures for international reserves and foreign currency liquidity will be published on the 21st (or the following business day) after the end of the reference month.
International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Norway adheres to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) which among other things obliges the member countries' central banks to publish a detailed overview of international reserves and foreign currency liquidity.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Norges Bank and Statistics Norway.
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Coherence with Norges Banks’ accounts.
Act concerning official statistics and Statistics Norway of 21 June 2019 no. 32 (the Statistics Act).
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Section I. Includes international reserves and other foreign exchange claims based on market values from the asset side of the balance sheet.
Section II. Actual future short-term net foreign exchange flows from instruments that are not specified in Section I. Cash flows are stated at nominal value.
Section III. Conditional/possible future short-terms net foreign exchange flows to non-residents or residents.
Section IV: Specifications/other relevant information about:
i. positions and flows that are not explained in Section I-III but are considered relevant to assessing the reserves, the foreign currency liquidity position and risk exposure;
ii. additional details about positions and flows explained in Sections I-III;
iii. positions and flows broken down or valued in another way than in Sections I-III.
The data are published in millions of NOK at approximate market value or nominal value. The Government petroleum Fund is not included in the figures. Norges Bank sold most of the gold reserves in the beginning of 2004. The remaining gold is not considered as a part of the official reserves.
The data are obtained from Norges Banks’ accounts.
Electronic reporting forms.
Data is controlled by Statistics Norway and Norges Bank.
The data are generally considered to be final at the time of release, and are usually not subject to revision. In the event of revisions, the monthly data become final at the time of the release of the monthly balance sheet of Norges Bank, 10 Norwegian working days after the end of the reference month. The monthly balance sheet is immediately published on the Norges Bank website. Revisions for earlier periods are usually made only for the end of the year, with monthly figures remaining unchanged.
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Statistical releases older than 7 April 2017.
Time series will be published.
Errors and inconsistencies in accounting data may occur. The sources to inconsistencies can be errors in the transmitting of data from Norges Bank.
Discrepancy between accounting- and trade date may occur.
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