LIABILITIESNOTENUMBER<strong>2008</strong>€2007€<strong>Bank</strong>notes in circulation 7 61,021,794,350 54,130,517,580Liabilities to o<strong>the</strong>r euro area residentsdenominated in euro 8 1,020,000,000 1,050,000,000Liabilities to non-euro area residentsdenominated in euro 9 253,930,530,070 14,571,253,753Liabilities to euro area residentsdenominated in foreign currency 10 272,822,807 0Liabilities to non-euro area residentsdenominated in foreign currency 10Deposits, balances and o<strong>the</strong>r liabilities 1,444,797,283 667,076,397Intra-Eurosystem liabilities 11Liabilities equivalent to <strong>the</strong> transfer <strong>of</strong>foreign reserves 40,149,615,805 40,041,833,998O<strong>the</strong>r liabilities 12Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluationdifferences 1,130,580,103 69,589,536Accruals and income collected in advance 2,284,795,433 1,848,257,491Sundry 1,797,414,878 659,763,9205,212,790,414 2,577,610,947Provisions 13 4,038,858,227 2,693,816,002Revaluation accounts 14 11,352,601,325 6,169,009,571Capital and reserves 15Capital 4,137,159,938 4,127,136,230Pr<strong>of</strong>it for <strong>the</strong> year 1,322,253,536 0Total liabilities 383,903,223,755 126,028,254,478ECBAnnual Report<strong>2008</strong>217
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING31 DECEMBER <strong>2008</strong>NOTENUMBER<strong>2008</strong>€2007€Interest income on foreign reserve assets 997,075,442 1,354,887,368Interest income arising from <strong>the</strong> allocation<strong>of</strong> euro banknotes within <strong>the</strong> Eurosystem 2,230,477,327 2,004,355,782O<strong>the</strong>r interest income 8,430,894,437 4,380,066,479Interest income 11,658,447,206 7,739,309,629Remuneration <strong>of</strong> NCBs’ claims in respect<strong>of</strong> foreign reserves transferred (1,400,368,012) (1,356,536,045)O<strong>the</strong>r interest expense (7,876,884,520) (3,962,006,944)Interest expense (9,277,252,532) (5,318,542,989)Net interest income 23 2,381,194,674 2,420,766,640Realised gains/losses arising fromfinancial operations 24 662,342,084 778,547,213Write-downs on financial assets andpositions 25 (2,662,102) (2,534,252,814)Transfer to/from provisions for foreignexchange rate and price risks (1,339,019,690) (286,416,109)Net result <strong>of</strong> financial operations,write-downs and risk provisions (679,339,708) (2,042,121,710)Net expense from fees and commissions 26 (149,007) (621,691)Income from equity shares andparticipating interests 27 882,152 920,730O<strong>the</strong>r income 28 7,245,593 6,345,668Total net income 1,709,833,704 385,289,637Staff costs 29 (174,200,469) (168,870,244)Administrative expenses 30 (183,224,063) (184,589,229)Depreciation <strong>of</strong> tangible fixed assets (23,284,586) (26,478,405)<strong>Bank</strong>note production services 31 (6,871,050) (5,351,759)Pr<strong>of</strong>it for <strong>the</strong> year 1,322,253,536 0Frankfurt am Main, 24 February 2009EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKJean-Claude TrichetPresident218 ECBAnnual Report<strong>2008</strong>
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