The European Central Bank published its weekly financial statement, showing total assets and liabilities up EUR 609m to EUR 6,329,947m. The main weekly movements reflected higher use of the deposit facility and a decline in securities held for monetary policy purposes. On the liabilities side, the deposit facility rose by EUR 26,601m to EUR 2,757,291m while current accounts fell by EUR 18,173m to EUR 181,538m, taking total monetary policy operation liabilities to euro area credit institutions up EUR 8,428m to EUR 2,938,828m. Banknotes in circulation declined by EUR 2,849m to EUR 1,577,019m. On the assets side, securities held for monetary policy purposes decreased by EUR 9,088m to EUR 4,077,138m, partly offset by an increase in other securities of EUR 6,399m to EUR 287,076m, with total securities of euro area residents down EUR 2,689m to EUR 4,364,214m; lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations increased by EUR 2,387m to EUR 27,593m, driven mainly by main refinancing operations. The release references annexes and a commentary dated 29 April 2025.