OREANDA-NEWS. Outstanding government of Ireland bonds stood at €120,462 million in August 2016, this is a decrease of €37 million from last month.

Within the next 5 years, €49,407 million of government bonds will mature. Of this, €23,270 million will mature in the next 3 years, with a further €26,137 million in the two years after. Non-residents hold 65.1 per cent of these maturing bonds (Chart 1).

Estimated non-resident holdings decreased over the month to €67,576 million, the lowest amount since December 2014.

The Credit Institutions and Central Bank of Ireland sector has the largest amount of Irish resident holdings, with €49,072 million. This accounts for 92.8 per cent of the resident total.

This data series was published for the first time in August 2014. The new series beginning in August 2013 is based on improved information sources, so it is not directly comparable with previous publications. Care should, therefore, be exercised in comparing the new series with earlier publications.

The change has arisen due to the introduction of the Securities Holdings Regulation by the ECB in August 2013. The dataset is compiled from data submitted by all custodians resident in Ireland, direct reporting by end investors and information from the Government Bond Register held by the Central Bank to provide breakdowns by maturity and by holding sector.