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.16	Apr.16	May.16	Jun.16					Jul.16
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	675.3	686.6			682.7	0.7	2.8		35.7	-0.2	721.8	-0.9	-0.9	4.5	-0.0	724.6
Monetary gold	376.0	387.9	377.0	0.0	-	34.8	-0.1	411.8	0.0	-	4.6	0.0	416.4
Gold bullion	369.7	381.3	370.6	0.0	-	34.2	-0.1	404.8	0.0	-	4.6	0.0	409.4
Unallocated gold accounts	6.4	6.6	6.4	0.0	-	0.6	0.0	7.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.0	7.0
Special drawing rights	51.3	51.3	51.5	-0.1	0.1	-	0.0	51.5	-0.2	-0.2	-	0.0	51.1
Reserve position in the IMF	22.7	22.7	22.9	-0.2	0.0	-	-0.0	22.8	-0.0	-0.1	-	-0.0	22.6
Other reserve assets	225.3	224.7	231.3	1.0	2.7	0.9	-0.1	235.8	-0.7	-0.6	-0.1	-0.0	234.5
Currency and deposits	26.5	25.7	27.3	2.0	0.7	-	0.0	30.0	-0.1	-0.1	-	-0.1	29.7
Claims on monetary authorities	20.9	17.5	19.0	0.8	-	-	-	20.4	1.4	-	-	-	21.6
Claim on other entities	5.5	8.3	8.2	1.2	-	-	-	9.6	-1.6	-	-	-	8.1
Securities	194.2	193.7	199.5	-1.7	1.8	1.1	0.1	200.8	-0.0	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	200.0
Debt securities	193.4	193.0	198.8	-1.7	1.8	1.1	0.1	200.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	199.3
Short-term	24.4	23.8	27.6	-2.2	0.6	0.0	-0.1	25.8	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.2	25.6
Long-term	169.1	169.2	171.2	0.5	1.2	1.1	0.2	174.2	0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	173.8
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)	0.2	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	-	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	-0.2
Other claims	4.5	5.3	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.1	5.4	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	4.9
Source: ECB.