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.17	Jul.17	Aug.17	Sep.17					Oct.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	682.7	668.8			673.7	6.4	0.1		-5.6	0.1	674.8	-2.7	3.0	0.9	0.4	676.5
Monetary gold	377.8	374.9	382.8	-0.0	-	-5.0	0.0	377.8	0.0	-	1.2	-0.0	378.9
Gold bullion	371.4	368.6	376.2	-0.0	-	-5.0	0.0	371.3	0.0	-	1.4	-0.0	372.4
Unallocated gold accounts	6.4	6.4	6.6	0.0	-	-0.1	-0.0	6.5	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	6.5
Special drawing rights	50.3	49.9	49.7	0.1	0.1	-	-0.0	49.9	0.0	0.4	-	0.0	50.3
Reserve position in the IMF	20.8	20.0	20.1	-0.0	0.0	-	-0.1	20.0	-0.2	0.2	-	0.0	20.1
Other reserve assets	233.8	223.9	221.2	6.3	0.0	-0.6	0.2	227.2	-2.5	2.4	-0.3	0.4	227.2
Currency and deposits	37.2	33.7	37.9	4.0	-0.1	-	0.0	41.9	-4.9	0.4	-	-0.1	37.3
Claims on monetary authorities	28.0	26.1	30.7	1.0	-	-	-	31.6	-4.1	-	-	-	27.8
Claim on other entities	9.1	7.6	7.2	3.0	-	-	-	10.3	-0.8	-	-	-	9.5
Securities	191.5	186.3	179.2	2.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	181.3	2.8	1.9	-0.0	0.3	186.3
Debt securities	190.7	185.5	178.4	2.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	180.5	2.6	1.9	-0.0	0.3	185.3
Short-term	34.4	30.2	30.2	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.0	29.5	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	29.7
Long-term	156.3	155.3	148.2	3.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	151.0	2.7	1.6	-0.0	0.3	155.7
Equity and investment fund shares	0.8	0.8	0.8	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.0
Financial derivatives (net)	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	-	-0.2	0.0	0.1
Other claims	4.9	3.6	4.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	3.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.1	3.5
Source: ECB.