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.16	Oct.16	Nov.16	Dec.16					Jan.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	727.0	717.3			706.6	6.1	0.9		-6.0	0.1	707.7	-5.1	-3.4	7.8	-0.0	707.0
Monetary gold	411.3	403.1	386.5	0.0	-	-5.7	-0.0	380.8	0.0	-	7.7	0.0	388.5
Gold bullion	404.3	396.3	379.9	-0.0	-	-5.6	-0.0	374.3	0.0	-	7.5	0.0	381.9
Unallocated gold accounts	7.0	6.8	6.6	0.0	-	-0.1	0.0	6.5	0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	6.6
Special drawing rights	51.2	51.4	52.1	0.1	0.1	-	0.0	52.3	0.0	-0.5	-	-0.0	51.9
Reserve position in the IMF	23.2	23.9	23.3	-0.3	0.0	-	0.0	23.1	-0.1	-0.2	-	0.0	22.8
Other reserve assets	241.3	238.9	244.7	6.3	0.8	-0.3	0.1	251.5	-5.0	-2.8	0.1	-0.0	243.8
Currency and deposits	33.2	29.7	27.8	4.7	-0.1	-	0.5	32.9	-1.0	-0.1	-	-0.0	31.8
Claims on monetary authorities	24.0	21.1	21.8	2.6	-	-	-	24.9	0.4	-	-	-	25.4
Claim on other entities	9.3	8.6	6.0	2.1	-	-	-	8.0	-1.4	-	-	-	6.4
Securities	202.4	204.7	213.3	1.4	0.9	-0.4	-0.5	214.7	-3.8	-2.7	0.1	-0.0	208.3
Debt securities	201.7	204.0	212.6	1.4	0.9	-0.4	-0.5	214.0	-3.8	-2.7	0.0	-0.0	207.6
Short-term	27.9	28.9	33.4	0.6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	33.9	-2.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.0	31.7
Long-term	173.8	175.1	179.2	0.8	1.0	-0.4	-0.5	180.0	-1.7	-2.5	0.1	-0.0	175.9
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)	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-	0.1	0.0	0.0
Other claims	5.7	4.6	3.7	0.2	-0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	-0.2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.6
Source: ECB.