Table 3: Reserve assets of the euro area

(EUR billions; amounts outstanding at the end of the period, flows during the period; non working day and non seasonally adjusted)

	Apr.16	May.16	Jun.16	Jul.16					Aug.16
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	686.6	682.7			721.8	-0.9	-0.9		4.5	-0.0	724.6	1.8	-0.5	-7.0	-0.5	718.3
Monetary gold	387.9	377.0	411.8	0.0	-	4.6	0.0	416.4	-0.0	-	-7.2	-0.0	409.2
Gold bullion	381.3	370.6	404.8	0.0	-	4.6	0.0	409.4	-0.0	-	-7.1	-0.0	402.3
Unallocated gold accounts	6.6	6.4	7.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.0	7.0	0.0	-	-0.1	0.0	6.9
Special drawing rights	51.3	51.5	51.5	-0.2	-0.2	-	0.0	51.1	0.1	-0.1	-	0.0	51.1
Reserve position in the IMF	22.7	22.9	22.8	-0.0	-0.1	-	-0.0	22.6	-0.2	-0.0	-	0.0	22.4
Other reserve assets	224.7	231.3	235.8	-0.7	-0.6	-0.1	-0.0	234.5	1.9	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	235.6
Currency and deposits	25.7	27.3	30.0	-0.1	-0.1	-	-0.1	29.7	-0.7	-0.0	-	-0.0	29.0
Claims on monetary authorities	17.5	19.0	20.4	1.4	-	-	-	21.6	-1.0	-	-	-	20.4
Claim on other entities	8.3	8.2	9.6	-1.6	-	-	-	8.1	0.4	-	-	-	8.6
Securities	193.7	199.5	200.8	-0.0	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	200.0	1.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	201.2
Debt securities	193.0	198.8	200.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	199.3	1.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	200.5
Short-term	23.8	27.6	25.8	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	25.3	-0.8	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	24.4
Long-term	169.2	171.2	174.2	0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	174.0	2.8	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	176.1
Equity and investment fund shares	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Financial derivatives (net)	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	-	0.6	-0.5	-0.1
Other claims	5.3	4.6	5.4	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	4.9	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	5.5
Source: ECB.