Statement of Liabilities and Assets

At close of business on Wednesday, 24 May 2023

$ million
Liabilities		Movement since previous Wednesday	Assets		Movement since previous Wednesday
Capital And Reserve Bank Reserve Fund	40	-	Gold and foreign exchange^[1]	94,177	51
Australian notes on issue	101,747	-149	Australian dollar investments^[2]	516,229	-3,548
Exchange Settlement balances	420,709	-11,910	Other assets (including clearing items)	2,557	-437
Deposits (excluding Exchange Settlement balances)	81,757	10,868
Other liabilities^[3]	8,710	-2,743
Total	612,963	-3,934	Total	612,963	-3,934
Summary historical data on the Bank's liabilities and assets are available in statistical table A1 – Liabilities and Assets – Summary on the Reserve Bank's web site. The Bank's liabilities and assets data are also provided on a more disaggregated basis in statistical table A1 – Liabilities and Assets – Detailed; this data is provided on a lagged basis of up to 4 months.

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 24 May the rise mainly reflects item (b).
[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 24 May the fall mainly reflects item (b).
[2]

Other liabilities
This item includes current year earnings, the counterpart obligation arising from transactions in repurchase agreements, and obligations arising from the outright purchase of securities which have been contracted but not yet settled. Valuation reserves which reflect accumulated gains or losses on the Bank's assets from movements in domestic and foreign yields, and exchange rates, are also included (and may result in a negative balance being reported in this line item).
[3]