Reserve Bank of Australia Balance Sheet

At close of business on Wednesday, 6 December 2023
$ million
Liabilities and Equity Movement Assets Movement
Australian notes on issue 101,317 180 Gold and foreign exchange[1] 96,646 2,015
Exchange Settlement balances 340,438 -7,515 Australian dollar investments[2] 432,328 1,608
Deposits (excluding Exchange Settlement balances) 90,922 8,353 Other assets (including clearing items) 2,412 -397
Other liabilities 16,745 404      
Other reserves and current year earnings[3] -18,076 1,804      
Capital and Reserve Bank Reserve Fund 40 -      
Total 531,386 3,226 Total 531,386 3,226
The Bank's liabilities and assets data are provided on a more disaggregated basis in statistical table A1 – RBA Balance Sheet.

Footnotes

Gold and foreign exchange
Movements in this item reflect:
a. the Bank's transactions in gold and foreign exchange (including under swaps) and foreign securities;
b. earnings and changes in the valuation of gold and foreign currency investments, including changes in the market prices of the Bank's holdings of foreign currency securities.
In the week to 6 December the rise mainly reflects item (a).
[1]

Australian dollar investments
Movements in this item reflect:
a. the Bank's transactions in securities;
b. earnings and changes in the valuation of the Bank's Australian dollar investments.
In the week to 6 December the rise mainly reflects item (b).
[2]

Other reserves and current year earnings
This item includes unallocated earnings, accounting reserves and accumulated gains or losses on the Bank's assets from movements in domestic and foreign yields, and exchange rates. The treatment of earnings at year-end is subject to distribution of profits as determined in section 30 of the Reserve Bank Act.
[3]