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)

	Nov.16	Dec.16	Jan.17	Feb.17					Mar.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	706.6	707.7			707.0	2.0	5.2		21.5	0.0	735.7	0.6	-2.3	-7.6	0.2	726.6
Monetary gold	386.5	380.8	388.5	0.0	-	21.9	0.0	410.3	0.0	-	-7.5	0.0	402.8
Gold bullion	379.9	374.3	381.9	0.0	-	21.6	0.0	403.4	-0.2	-	-7.5	0.0	395.8
Unallocated gold accounts	6.6	6.5	6.6	0.0	-	0.4	0.0	7.0	0.2	-	-0.1	-0.0	7.0
Special drawing rights	52.1	52.3	51.9	0.1	0.6	-	0.0	52.5	0.0	-0.4	-	0.0	52.2
Reserve position in the IMF	23.3	23.1	22.8	-0.9	0.2	-	0.0	22.1	-0.1	-0.2	-	0.0	21.9
Other reserve assets	244.7	251.5	243.8	2.8	4.4	-0.3	-0.0	250.8	0.6	-1.8	-0.1	0.2	249.6
Currency and deposits	27.8	32.9	31.9	3.1	0.7	-	0.0	35.6	1.1	0.1	-	0.0	36.9
Claims on monetary authorities	21.8	24.9	25.4	3.4	-	-	-	29.3	0.5	-	-	-	30.0
Claim on other entities	6.0	8.0	6.5	-0.2	-	-	-	6.3	0.6	-	-	-	6.9
Securities	213.3	214.7	208.3	-0.4	3.7	-0.2	0.0	211.4	-1.4	-1.9	-0.1	0.2	208.1
Debt securities	212.6	214.0	207.6	-0.5	3.7	-0.2	0.0	210.6	-1.4	-1.9	-0.1	0.2	207.3
Short-term	33.4	33.9	31.7	3.7	0.6	0.0	-0.0	36.1	2.5	-0.3	-0.0	-0.0	38.2
Long-term	179.2	180.0	175.9	-4.2	3.1	-0.2	0.0	174.6	-3.9	-1.6	-0.1	0.2	169.1
Equity and investment fund shares	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.8	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.8
Financial derivatives (net)	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Other claims	3.7	3.9	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	0.9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	4.8
Source: ECB.