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)

	Dec.2016	Jan.2017	Feb.2017	Mar.2017					Apr.2017
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	707.7	707.0			735.7	0.6	-2.3		-7.6	0.2	726.6	-4.4	-6.3	-0.0	1.0	716.9
Monetary gold	380.8	388.5	410.3	0.0	-	-7.5	0.0	402.8	-0.0	-	-0.4	-0.0	402.4
Gold bullion	374.3	381.9	403.4	-0.2	-	-7.5	0.0	395.8	0.2	-	-0.6	-0.0	395.6
Unallocated gold accounts	6.5	6.6	7.0	0.2	-	-0.1	-0.0	7.0	-0.2	-	-0.0	0.0	6.8
Special drawing rights	52.3	51.9	52.5	0.0	-0.4	-	0.0	52.2	-0.1	-0.6	-	-0.0	51.5
Reserve position in the IMF	23.1	22.8	22.1	-0.1	-0.2	-	0.0	21.9	0.0	-0.3	-	-0.0	21.7
Other reserve assets	251.5	243.8	250.8	0.6	-1.8	-0.1	0.2	249.6	-4.4	-5.4	0.4	1.1	241.2
Currency and deposits	32.9	31.9	35.6	1.1	0.1	-	0.0	36.9	2.5	-0.8	-	0.0	38.6
Claims on monetary authorities	24.9	25.4	29.3	0.5	-	-	-	30.0	2.1	-	-	-	31.5
Claim on other entities	8.0	6.5	6.3	0.6	-	-	-	6.9	0.4	-	-	-	7.1
Securities	214.7	208.3	211.4	-1.4	-1.9	-0.1	0.2	208.1	-6.5	-4.6	0.2	1.1	198.4
Debt securities	214.0	207.6	210.6	-1.4	-1.9	-0.1	0.2	207.3	-6.5	-4.5	0.2	1.1	197.6
Short-term	33.9	31.7	36.1	2.5	-0.3	-0.0	-0.0	38.2	1.6	-0.8	0.0	-0.5	38.6
Long-term	180.0	175.9	174.6	-3.9	-1.6	-0.1	0.2	169.1	-8.0	-3.7	0.2	1.5	159.0
Equity and investment fund shares	0.7	0.7	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)	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-	0.2	0.0	0.1
Other claims	3.9	3.6	3.9	0.9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	4.8	-0.5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	4.2
Source: ECB.