Total central bank assets (USD billion) - Japan - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Central bank total assets (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the total assets held by the central bank were 4,814.17 USD billion in July 2025, compared to 4,970.76 in the previous month. This represents a reduction of 3.15 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series displayed in the figure has 823 data points in total. The series covers the period going from January 1957 to July 2025.
History. Here are some simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: assets were equal on average to 1,165.54 USD billion; they recorded a minimum of 2.26 in May 1957; they reached their maximum of 6,815.86 in December 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 5104.52 |
| 2025-06-30 | 4970.76 |
| 2025-07-31 | 4814.17 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total central bank assets in USD, adjusted to be comparable across time and countries |
| Country | Japan |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Assets (balance-sheet item) |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar billion |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level (adjusted for breaks) |
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