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.17	May.17	Jun.17	Jul.17					Aug.17
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	716.1	699.5			682.7	-5.2	-5.6		-3.2	-0.1	668.8	-0.7	-2.3	8.1	-0.2	673.7
Monetary gold	402.4	391.3	377.8	0.0	-	-2.9	0.0	374.9	0.0	-	7.8	-0.0	382.8
Gold bullion	395.6	384.7	371.4	0.0	-	-3.1	-0.0	368.6	0.0	-	8.1	-0.1	376.2
Unallocated gold accounts	6.8	6.6	6.4	0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	6.4	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	6.6
Special drawing rights	51.5	50.7	50.3	0.3	-0.8	-	-0.0	49.9	0.0	-0.2	-	-0.0	49.7
Reserve position in the IMF	21.7	21.2	20.8	-0.4	-0.3	-	-0.0	20.0	0.1	-0.0	-	0.0	20.1
Other reserve assets	240.5	236.2	233.8	-5.1	-4.5	-0.3	-0.0	223.9	-0.8	-2.0	0.3	-0.2	221.2
Currency and deposits	38.6	37.0	37.2	-2.8	-0.6	-	-0.0	33.8	4.5	-0.3	-	-0.0	37.9
Claims on monetary authorities	31.5	30.3	28.0	-1.5	-	-	-	26.1	4.8	-	-	-	30.7
Claim on other entities	7.1	6.8	9.1	-1.3	-	-	-	7.6	-0.4	-	-	-	7.2
Securities	197.6	195.4	191.5	-1.1	-3.8	-0.3	-0.0	186.3	-5.7	-1.7	0.3	0.0	179.2
Debt securities	196.8	194.6	190.7	-1.1	-3.8	-0.3	-0.0	185.5	-5.7	-1.7	0.3	0.0	178.4
Short-term	39.0	39.6	34.4	-3.4	-0.7	0.0	-0.1	30.2	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	30.2
Long-term	157.8	155.0	156.3	2.3	-3.1	-0.3	0.0	155.3	-5.9	-1.5	0.3	0.0	148.2
Equity and investment fund shares	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.8	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Financial derivatives (net)	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	-	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
Other claims	4.2	3.6	4.9	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	3.6	0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
Source: ECB.