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)
| Aug.16 | Sep.16 | Oct.16 | Nov.16 | Dec.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 | 718.3 | 727.0 | 717.3 | 2.2 | 4.9 | -17.9 | 0.0 | 706.6 | 6.1 | 0.9 | -6.0 | 0.1 | 707.7 | |
| Monetary gold | 409.2 | 411.3 | 403.1 | 0.0 | - | -16.6 | -0.0 | 386.5 | 0.0 | - | -5.7 | -0.0 | 380.8 | |
| Gold bullion | 402.3 | 404.3 | 396.3 | 0.0 | - | -16.4 | -0.0 | 379.9 | -0.0 | - | -5.6 | -0.0 | 374.3 | |
| Unallocated gold accounts | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | - | -0.3 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | - | -0.1 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |
| Special drawing rights | 51.1 | 51.2 | 51.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | - | 0.0 | 52.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | 52.3 | |
| Reserve position in the IMF | 22.4 | 23.2 | 23.9 | -0.9 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 23.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 23.1 | |
| Other reserve assets | 235.6 | 241.3 | 238.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 244.7 | 6.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 251.5 | |
| Currency and deposits | 29.0 | 33.2 | 29.7 | -1.6 | -0.3 | - | 0.0 | 27.8 | 4.6 | -0.0 | - | 0.5 | 32.9 | |
| Claims on monetary authorities | 20.4 | 24.0 | 21.1 | 1.1 | - | - | - | 21.8 | 2.5 | - | - | - | 24.9 | |
| Claim on other entities | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.6 | -2.7 | - | - | - | 6.0 | 2.1 | - | - | - | 8.0 | |
| Securities | 201.2 | 202.4 | 204.7 | 5.9 | 4.0 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 213.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 214.7 | |
| Debt securities | 200.5 | 201.7 | 204.0 | 5.9 | 4.0 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 212.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 214.0 | |
| Short-term | 24.4 | 27.9 | 28.9 | 4.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.4 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 33.9 | |
| Long-term | 176.1 | 173.8 | 175.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 179.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 180.0 | |
| 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) | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | - | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | - | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.0 | |
| Other claims | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 | -1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |
| Source: ECB. | ||||||||||||||
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)
| Aug.16 | Sep.16 | Oct.16 | Nov.16 | Dec.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 | 718.3 | 727.0 | 717.3 | 2.2 | 4.9 | -17.9 | 0.0 | 706.6 | 6.1 | 0.9 | -6.0 | 0.1 | 707.7 | |
| Monetary gold | 409.2 | 411.3 | 403.1 | 0.0 | - | -16.6 | -0.0 | 386.5 | 0.0 | - | -5.7 | -0.0 | 380.8 | |
| Gold bullion | 402.3 | 404.3 | 396.3 | 0.0 | - | -16.4 | -0.0 | 379.9 | -0.0 | - | -5.6 | -0.0 | 374.3 | |
| Unallocated gold accounts | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | - | -0.3 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | - | -0.1 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |
| Special drawing rights | 51.1 | 51.2 | 51.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | - | 0.0 | 52.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | 52.3 | |
| Reserve position in the IMF | 22.4 | 23.2 | 23.9 | -0.9 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 23.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 23.1 | |
| Other reserve assets | 235.6 | 241.3 | 238.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 244.7 | 6.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 251.5 | |
| Currency and deposits | 29.0 | 33.2 | 29.7 | -1.6 | -0.3 | - | 0.0 | 27.8 | 4.6 | -0.0 | - | 0.5 | 32.9 | |
| Claims on monetary authorities | 20.4 | 24.0 | 21.1 | 1.1 | - | - | - | 21.8 | 2.5 | - | - | - | 24.9 | |
| Claim on other entities | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.6 | -2.7 | - | - | - | 6.0 | 2.1 | - | - | - | 8.0 | |
| Securities | 201.2 | 202.4 | 204.7 | 5.9 | 4.0 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 213.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 214.7 | |
| Debt securities | 200.5 | 201.7 | 204.0 | 5.9 | 4.0 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 212.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 214.0 | |
| Short-term | 24.4 | 27.9 | 28.9 | 4.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.4 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 33.9 | |
| Long-term | 176.1 | 173.8 | 175.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 | -1.3 | 0.0 | 179.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 180.0 | |
| 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) | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | - | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | - | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.0 | |
| Other claims | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 | -1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |
| Source: ECB. | ||||||||||||||