Specification of Danmarks Nationalbank's balance sheet
0 Administrative Information about the Statistical Product
1 Contents
2 Time
3 Accuracy
4 Comparability
5 Accessibility
6 Supplementary Documentation
0 Administrative Information about the Statistical Product
0.1 Name Specification of Danmarks Nationalbank's balance sheet.
0.2 Subject AreaSpecification of Danmarks Nationalbank's balance sheet
Money and credit market.
0.3 Responsible Authority, Office, Person, etc.Danmarks Nationalbank, Statistics, Publishing
Heidi Regina Schröder, tel. +45 33 63 68 68, e-mail:
hrs@nationalbanken.dkMads Kristoffersen, tel. +45 33 63 68 29, e-mail:
mkri@nationalbanken.dk 0.4 Purpose and History The purpose of the statistics is to analyse changes in Danmarks Nationalbank's balance sheet.
0.5 Users and Application Banks, financial corporations, ministries, professional and industrial bodies.
0.6 Sources The statistics are compiled on the basis of data from Danmarks Nationalbank, Banking and Markets. For further information about the compilation of the individual items, cf.
Danmarks Nationalbank, Report and accounts.
0.7 Legal Authority to Collect Data The collection takes place as a part of the ordinary tasks of Danmarks Nationalbank.
0.8 Response Burden None - the collection takes place as a part of the ordinary tasks of Danmarks Nationalbank.
1 Contents
1.1 Description of Contents The statistics contain a detailed compilation of Danmarks Nationalbank's balance sheet.
1.2 Statistical Concepts The monthly figures exclude value adjustments since these are compiled only at year-end. The difference between the annual figures and the figures for December of the same year thus constitutes the total value adjustments for the year. However, with regard to the central government's account with Danmarks Nationalbank this difference constitutes the share of Danmarks Nationalbank's profit, which in accordance with the National Bank of Denmark Act falls to the Exchequer.
Banks' and mortgage banks' net position
In the compilation of the banks' and the mortgage banks' net position with Danmarks Nationalbank certificates of deposit are compiled at their nominal value. On calculation of the factors affecting the banks' and the mortgage banks' net position with Danmarks Nationalbank details of government finances are added. With effect from 21 June 1999 the group of monetary-policy counterparties has been enlarged to include mortgage banks. Until this date the specification of the counterparties' net position with Danmarks Nationalbank only covers the banks.
Domestic gross financing requirement
The domestic gross financing requirement is compiled as the central government's gross financing requirement excluding repayments of foreign government loans. Sales of domestic government securities are compiled as gross sales of long-term securities (government bonds and Treasury notes) and net sales of short-term securities (Treasury bills). Danmarks Nationalbank's net foreign-exchange purchases are compiled as the change in the foreign-exchange reserve excluding the central government's net borrowing abroad. The designation "Other factors" comprises e.g. changes in banknotes and coins in circulation.
Like the other balance sheet items the foreign-exchange reserve is subject to value adjustment only at year-end. Until end-1998 claims on the EMI (the European Monetary Institute, predecessor to the European Central Bank, ECB) was part of the balance-sheet. It was terminated in connection with the introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999.
2 Time
2.1 Reference Period The statistics are compiled on a monthly basis.
2.2 Date of Publication The statistics are published on the 3rd banking day of the month after the end of the reference period.
2.3 Punctuality The statistics are usually published without delay in relation to the scheduled date.
2.4 Frequency New figures are published every month.
3.1 Overall Accuracy The compilation is based on accounting figures from Danmarks Nationalbank, Banking and Markets, and the reliability is very high.
3.2 Sources of Inaccuracy There are no known sources of statistical uncertainty.
3.3 Measures on Accuracy No calculations of statistical uncertainty are carried out.
4.1 Comparability over Time There are no other statistics.
4.2 Comparability with other Statistics On an annual basis the statistics may be compared with tables in
Danmarks Nationalbank, Report and accounts.
4.3 Coherence between Provisional and Final Statistics Only final figures are published.
5.2 Basic Material: Storage and Usability The data is stored in Danmarks Nationalbank, Statistics' database.
6 Supplementary Documentation None.
Last revised: 20/09/2017