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)

	Sep.17	Oct.17	Nov.17	Dec.17					Jan.18
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	674.8	676.5			673.3	-1.6	-2.3		0.4	-0.1	669.7	2.3	-6.8	-1.9	-0.1	663.1
Monetary gold	377.8	378.9	374.6	0.0	-	0.4	0.0	375.0	0.0	-	-1.1	-0.0	374.0
Gold bullion	371.3	372.4	368.2	0.0	-	0.8	0.0	368.6	0.0	-	-10.2	-0.0	367.5
Unallocated gold accounts	6.5	6.5	6.4	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	6.4	0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	6.4
Special drawing rights	49.9	50.4	50.1	0.1	-0.3	-	-0.0	49.9	0.0	-0.7	-	-0.0	49.2
Reserve position in the IMF	20.0	20.1	19.2	-1.8	-0.1	-	-0.0	17.3	-0.2	-0.3	-	0.0	16.8
Other reserve assets	227.2	227.1	229.4	0.1	-2.0	-0.0	-0.1	227.4	2.5	-5.8	-0.8	-0.1	223.1
Currency and deposits	41.9	37.3	39.1	-1.6	-0.3	-	0.0	37.2	-0.1	-0.3	-	-0.0	36.7
Claims on monetary authorities	31.6	27.8	27.5	2.7	-	-	-	29.9	-2.7	-	-	-	27.1
Claim on other entities	10.3	9.5	11.6	-4.3	-	-	-	7.3	2.6	-	-	-	9.7
Securities	181.3	186.2	186.8	2.1	-1.6	-0.1	-0.1	187.0	2.6	-5.4	-0.9	-0.1	183.2
Debt securities	180.5	185.2	185.8	1.9	-1.6	-0.1	-0.1	185.9	2.5	-5.4	-0.9	-0.1	182.1
Short-term	29.5	29.7	30.6	4.2	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	34.3	-2.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	30.8
Long-term	151.0	155.5	155.2	-2.3	-1.2	-0.0	-0.1	151.5	5.3	-4.7	-0.7	-0.1	151.3
Equity and investment fund shares	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	1.1
Financial derivatives (net)	0.2	0.1	0.2	-0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	0.3
Other claims	3.8	3.5	3.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.0
Source: ECB.