Government Deposits Tracker
Highlights for Eurozone
- General Government Deposits decreased by €6.5bn (minus 5.6%, Δ 1 week) to a total of €109bn
Highlights for Germany
- General Government Deposits increased by €4.9bn (32.6%, Δ 1 week) to a total of €20bn
What are we looking at?
Government Deposits are a liability item in a central bank’s balance sheet. Charts on this page cover volume development, growth, and seasonality of Government Deposits with the ECB and Deutsche Bundesbank. The data is updated on a weekly basis.
Why are we looking at it?
General Government (central, state and local governments) hold a substantial part of their cash reserves with central banks. The German central government is holding its cash reserves almost exclusively with Deutsche Bundesbank. Normally, we would not care much about cash deposits, as governments can raise cash easily on debt capital markets. During COVID-19, however, governments initially raised too much cash which was not spent but parked at central banks.
Last ECB data per 13.12.2024 and last Bundesbank data per 13.12.2024.
