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)

	Jun.16	Jul.16	Aug.16	Sep.16					Oct.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	721.8	724.6			718.3	6.8	0.2		1.9	-0.2	727.0	-3.9	3.0	-8.8	-0.1	717.3
Monetary gold	411.8	416.4	409.2	0.0	-	2.0	-0.0	411.3	-0.0	-	-8.1	0.0	403.1
Gold bullion	404.8	409.4	402.3	0.0	-	2.0	-0.0	404.3	-0.0	-	-8.0	-0.0	396.3
Unallocated gold accounts	7.0	7.0	6.9	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	-	-0.1	0.0	6.8
Special drawing rights	51.5	51.1	51.1	0.2	-0.1	-	0.0	51.2	-0.0	0.2	-	0.0	51.4
Reserve position in the IMF	22.8	22.6	22.4	0.8	-0.0	-	0.0	23.2	0.6	0.1	-	-0.0	23.9
Other reserve assets	235.8	234.5	235.6	5.8	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	241.3	-4.4	2.8	-0.7	-0.1	238.9
Currency and deposits	30.0	29.7	29.0	4.5	-0.0	-	-0.2	33.2	-3.7	0.2	-	0.0	29.7
Claims on monetary authorities	20.4	21.6	20.4	3.8	-	-	-	24.0	-2.8	-	-	-	21.1
Claim on other entities	9.6	8.1	8.6	0.7	-	-	-	9.3	-0.9	-	-	-	8.6
Securities	200.8	200.0	201.2	1.2	0.1	-0.2	0.1	202.4	0.2	2.8	-0.6	-0.1	204.7
Debt securities	200.0	199.3	200.5	1.2	0.1	-0.2	0.1	201.7	0.2	2.8	-0.6	-0.1	204.0
Short-term	25.8	25.3	24.4	3.4	0.1	-0.0	0.0	27.9	0.9	0.1	-0.0	0.2	29.1
Long-term	174.2	174.0	176.1	-2.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	173.8	-0.7	2.7	-0.6	-0.2	174.9
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)	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Other claims	5.4	4.9	5.5	0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.0	5.7	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.0	4.6
Source: ECB.