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.17	Jan.18	Feb.18	Mar.18					Apr.18
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	669.7	663.1			667.7	9.4	-2.2		-1.2	-0.3	673.4	-3.7	3.6	3.8	0.0	677.1
Monetary gold	375.0	374.0	374.4	0.0	-	-1.5	-0.1	372.9	0.0	-	4.1	-0.0	376.9
Gold bullion	368.6	367.5	367.9	0.0	-	-1.4	-0.1	366.5	-0.0	-	4.0	-0.0	370.4
Unallocated gold accounts	6.4	6.4	6.4	0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	6.4	0.0	-	0.1	0.0	6.5
Special drawing rights	49.9	49.2	49.8	0.0	-0.2	-	-0.0	49.6	0.1	0.4	-	-0.0	50.1
Reserve position in the IMF	17.3	16.8	16.9	-0.0	-0.0	-	-0.0	16.8	-0.0	0.1	-	0.0	16.9
Other reserve assets	227.4	223.1	226.7	9.4	-2.0	0.2	-0.2	234.1	-3.8	3.0	-0.3	0.1	233.1
Currency and deposits	37.2	36.7	35.6	7.7	-0.4	-	0.0	42.9	-5.6	0.1	-	-0.0	37.5
Claims on monetary authorities	29.9	27.1	30.0	3.7	-	-	-	33.3	-5.0	-	-	-	28.3
Claim on other entities	7.3	9.7	5.6	4.0	-	-	-	9.6	-0.6	-	-	-	9.1
Securities	187.0	183.2	187.6	2.0	-1.6	0.3	-0.3	188.1	1.8	2.8	-0.3	-0.1	192.4
Debt securities	185.9	182.1	186.4	2.0	-1.6	0.3	-0.3	186.9	1.8	2.8	-0.3	-0.1	191.2
Short-term	34.3	30.8	27.6	1.0	-0.2	-0.0	-0.2	28.2	-0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1	28.0
Long-term	151.6	151.3	158.8	1.1	-1.4	0.3	-0.1	158.7	2.5	2.5	-0.3	-0.1	163.3
Equity and investment fund shares	1.1	1.1	1.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.2
Financial derivatives (net)	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	-	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	-	-0.0	0.1	0.3
Other claims	3.0	3.0	3.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.0
Source: ECB.