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)

	Jul.16	Aug.16	Sep.16	Oct.16					Nov.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	724.6	718.3			727.0	-4.1	3.0		-8.8	0.1	717.3	2.2	4.9	-17.9	0.0	706.6
Monetary gold	416.4	409.2	411.3	-0.0	-	-8.1	0.0	403.1	0.0	-	-16.6	-0.0	386.5
Gold bullion	409.4	402.3	404.3	-0.0	-	-8.0	-0.0	396.3	0.0	-	-16.4	-0.0	379.9
Unallocated gold accounts	7.0	6.9	7.0	0.0	-	-0.1	0.0	6.8	0.0	-	-0.3	0.0	6.6
Special drawing rights	51.1	51.1	51.2	-0.0	0.2	-	0.0	51.4	0.1	0.7	-	0.0	52.1
Reserve position in the IMF	22.6	22.4	23.2	0.6	0.1	-	-0.0	23.9	-0.9	0.3	-	0.0	23.3
Other reserve assets	234.5	235.6	241.3	-4.6	2.8	-0.6	0.1	238.9	3.1	3.9	-1.3	0.0	244.7
Currency and deposits	29.7	29.0	33.2	-3.7	0.2	-	0.0	29.7	-1.6	-0.3	-	0.0	27.8
Claims on monetary authorities	21.6	20.4	24.0	-2.8	-	-	-	21.1	1.1	-	-	-	21.8
Claim on other entities	8.1	8.6	9.3	-0.9	-	-	-	8.6	-2.7	-	-	-	6.0
Securities	200.0	201.2	202.4	0.0	2.8	-0.6	0.1	204.7	5.9	4.0	-1.3	0.0	213.3
Debt securities	199.3	200.5	201.7	0.0	2.8	-0.6	0.1	204.0	5.9	4.0	-1.3	0.0	212.6
Short-term	25.3	24.4	27.9	0.9	0.1	-0.0	0.2	29.1	4.6	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	33.4
Long-term	174.0	176.1	173.8	-0.8	2.7	-0.6	-0.1	174.9	1.3	4.0	-1.3	0.2	179.2
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)	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	-0.1
Other claims	4.9	5.5	5.7	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.0	4.6	-1.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	3.7
Source: ECB.