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.2016	Jun.2016	Jul.2016	Aug.2016					Sep.2016
				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	721.8			724.6	1.8	-0.5		-7.0	-0.6	718.3	6.8	0.2	1.9	-0.2	727.0
Monetary gold	377.0	411.8	416.4	-0.0	-	-7.2	-0.0	409.2	0.0	-	2.0	-0.0	411.3
Gold bullion	370.6	404.8	409.4	-0.0	-	-7.1	-0.0	402.3	0.0	-	2.0	-0.0	404.3
Unallocated gold accounts	6.4	7.0	7.0	0.0	-	-0.1	0.0	6.9	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	7.0
Special drawing rights	51.5	51.5	51.1	0.1	-0.1	-	0.0	51.1	0.2	-0.1	-	0.0	51.2
Reserve position in the IMF	22.9	22.8	22.6	-0.2	-0.0	-	-0.0	22.4	0.8	-0.0	-	0.0	23.2
Other reserve assets	231.3	235.8	234.5	1.9	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	235.6	5.8	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	241.3
Currency and deposits	27.3	30.0	29.7	-0.7	-0.0	-	-0.0	29.0	4.5	-0.0	-	-0.2	33.2
Claims on monetary authorities	19.0	20.4	21.6	-1.0	-	-	-	20.4	3.8	-	-	-	24.0
Claim on other entities	8.2	9.6	8.1	0.4	-	-	-	8.6	0.7	-	-	-	9.3
Securities	199.5	200.8	200.0	1.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	201.2	1.2	0.1	-0.2	0.1	202.4
Debt securities	198.8	200.0	199.3	1.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	200.5	1.2	0.1	-0.2	0.1	201.7
Short-term	27.6	25.8	25.3	-0.8	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	24.4	3.4	0.1	-0.0	0.0	27.9
Long-term	171.2	174.2	174.0	2.8	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	176.1	-2.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	173.8
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)	-0.0	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	-	0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-	0.0	-0.0	-0.1
Other claims	4.6	5.4	4.9	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	5.5	0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.0	5.7
Source: ECB.