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)

	May.17	Jun.17	Jul.17	Aug.17					Sep.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	699.5	682.7			668.8	-0.7	-2.3		8.1	-0.2	673.7	6.4	0.1	-5.6	0.1	674.8
Monetary gold	391.3	377.8	374.9	0.0	-	7.8	-0.0	382.8	-0.0	-	-5.0	0.0	377.8
Gold bullion	384.7	371.4	368.6	0.0	-	8.1	-0.1	376.2	-0.0	-	-5.0	0.0	371.3
Unallocated gold accounts	6.6	6.4	6.4	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	6.6	0.0	-	-0.1	-0.0	6.5
Special drawing rights	50.7	50.3	49.9	0.0	-0.2	-	-0.0	49.7	0.1	0.1	-	-0.0	49.9
Reserve position in the IMF	21.2	20.8	20.0	0.1	-0.0	-	0.0	20.1	-0.0	0.0	-	-0.1	20.0
Other reserve assets	236.2	233.8	223.9	-0.8	-2.0	0.3	-0.2	221.2	6.3	0.0	-0.6	0.2	227.2
Currency and deposits	37.0	37.2	33.7	4.5	-0.3	-	0.0	37.9	4.0	-0.1	-	0.0	41.9
Claims on monetary authorities	30.3	28.0	26.1	4.8	-	-	-	30.7	1.0	-	-	-	31.6
Claim on other entities	6.8	9.1	7.6	-0.4	-	-	-	7.2	3.0	-	-	-	10.3
Securities	195.4	191.5	186.3	-5.7	-1.7	0.3	0.0	179.2	2.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	181.3
Debt securities	194.6	190.7	185.5	-5.7	-1.7	0.3	0.0	178.4	2.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	180.5
Short-term	39.6	34.4	30.2	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	30.2	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.0	29.5
Long-term	155.0	156.3	155.3	-5.9	-1.5	0.3	0.0	148.2	3.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	151.0
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)	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	-	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-	-0.1	0.2	0.2
Other claims	3.6	4.9	3.6	0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	3.8
Source: ECB.