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)

	Mar.17	Apr.17	May.17	Jun.17					Jul.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	726.6	716.1			699.5	1.4	-4.4		-13.8	-0.0	682.7	-5.2	-5.6	-3.2	-0.0	668.8
Monetary gold	402.8	402.4	391.3	0.0	-	-13.4	-0.1	377.8	0.0	-	-2.9	0.0	374.9
Gold bullion	395.8	395.6	384.7	0.0	-	-12.9	-0.1	371.4	0.0	-	-3.2	-0.0	368.6
Unallocated gold accounts	7.0	6.8	6.6	0.0	-	-0.2	-0.0	6.4	0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	6.4
Special drawing rights	52.2	51.5	50.7	0.2	-0.6	-	-0.0	50.3	0.3	-0.8	-	0.0	49.9
Reserve position in the IMF	21.9	21.7	21.2	-0.2	-0.3	-	-0.0	20.8	-0.4	-0.3	-	-0.0	20.0
Other reserve assets	249.6	240.5	236.2	1.4	-3.5	-0.4	0.0	233.8	-5.1	-4.5	-0.3	-0.0	223.9
Currency and deposits	36.9	38.6	37.0	0.9	-0.8	-	-0.0	37.2	-2.8	-0.6	-	-0.0	33.8
Claims on monetary authorities	30.0	31.5	30.3	-1.6	-	-	-	28.0	-1.5	-	-	-	26.1
Claim on other entities	6.9	7.1	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	9.1	-1.3	-	-	-	7.6
Securities	208.1	197.6	195.4	-1.0	-2.7	-0.4	0.1	191.5	-1.1	-3.8	-0.3	-0.0	186.3
Debt securities	207.3	196.8	194.6	-1.0	-2.6	-0.4	0.1	190.7	-1.1	-3.8	-0.3	-0.0	185.5
Short-term	38.2	39.0	39.6	-4.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.1	34.4	-3.4	-0.7	0.0	-0.1	30.2
Long-term	169.1	157.8	155.0	3.7	-2.0	-0.3	0.0	156.3	2.3	-3.1	-0.3	0.0	155.3
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	0.1	0.2	0.1	-	-0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.3
Other claims	4.8	4.2	3.6	1.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	4.9	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	3.6
Source: ECB.