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)

	Oct.16	Nov.16	Dec.16	Jan.17					Feb.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	717.3	706.6			707.7	-5.1	-3.4		7.8	0.0	707.0	2.0	5.2	21.5	-0.0	735.7
Monetary gold	403.1	386.5	380.8	0.0	-	7.7	0.0	388.5	0.0	-	21.9	0.0	410.3
Gold bullion	396.3	379.9	374.3	0.0	-	7.6	0.0	381.9	0.0	-	21.6	0.0	403.4
Unallocated gold accounts	6.8	6.6	6.5	0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	6.6	0.0	-	0.4	0.0	7.0
Special drawing rights	51.4	52.1	52.3	0.0	-0.5	-	-0.0	51.9	0.1	0.6	-	0.0	52.5
Reserve position in the IMF	23.9	23.3	23.1	-0.1	-0.2	-	0.0	22.8	-0.9	0.2	-	0.0	22.1
Other reserve assets	238.9	244.7	251.5	-5.0	-2.8	0.1	0.0	243.8	2.8	4.4	-0.3	-0.0	250.8
Currency and deposits	29.7	27.8	32.9	-1.0	-0.1	-	0.0	31.9	3.1	0.7	-	0.0	35.6
Claims on monetary authorities	21.1	21.8	24.9	0.4	-	-	-	25.4	3.4	-	-	-	29.3
Claim on other entities	8.6	6.0	8.0	-1.4	-	-	-	6.5	-0.2	-	-	-	6.3
Securities	204.7	213.3	214.7	-3.8	-2.7	0.1	-0.0	208.3	-0.4	3.7	-0.2	0.0	211.4
Debt securities	204.0	212.6	214.0	-3.8	-2.7	0.0	-0.0	207.6	-0.5	3.7	-0.2	0.0	210.6
Short-term	28.9	33.4	33.9	-2.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.0	31.7	3.7	0.6	0.0	-0.0	36.1
Long-term	175.1	179.2	180.0	-1.7	-2.5	0.1	-0.0	175.9	-4.2	3.1	-0.2	0.0	174.6
Equity and investment fund shares	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.8
Financial derivatives (net)	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2
Other claims	4.6	3.7	3.9	-0.2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9
Source: ECB.