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.15	Nov.15	Dec.15	Jan.16					Feb.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	654.7	653.2			644.2	-1.1	-1.9		18.1	0.2	659.5	1.1	2.6	36.6	-0.3	699.6
Monetary gold	360.1	347.2	337.6	-0.0	-	17.0	0.0	354.6	0.0	-	36.4	-0.0	391.0
Gold bullion	354.0	341.2	331.9	-0.0	-	16.7	0.0	348.6	-0.0	-	35.8	-0.0	384.4
Unallocated gold accounts	6.1	6.0	5.7	0.0	-	0.3	0.0	6.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.0	6.6
Special drawing rights	56.8	58.1	57.5	-0.0	-0.4	-	-0.0	57.1	-4.7	0.2	-	0.0	52.6
Reserve position in the IMF	19.3	19.5	19.2	0.2	-0.1	-	-0.0	19.3	3.9	0.1	-	0.0	23.2
Other reserve assets	218.5	228.3	229.9	-1.3	-1.4	1.1	0.2	228.5	2.0	2.3	0.2	-0.3	232.8
Currency and deposits	22.4	18.7	23.8	-0.8	-0.2	-	0.0	22.8	1.8	0.6	-	-0.2	25.1
Claims on monetary authorities	10.8	11.8	17.4	-3.9	-	-	-	13.1	3.9	-	-	-	17.7
Claim on other entities	11.6	6.9	6.4	3.1	-	-	-	9.7	-2.0	-	-	-	7.3
Securities	191.3	205.3	202.0	-0.6	-1.1	0.9	0.2	201.4	-0.3	1.9	0.4	-0.2	203.1
Debt securities	190.6	204.5	201.3	-0.6	-1.1	0.9	0.2	200.7	-0.3	1.9	0.4	-0.2	202.4
Short-term	21.0	21.5	26.9	-1.1	-0.2	-0.0	-0.0	25.6	-1.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	24.7
Long-term	169.6	183.1	174.4	0.5	-0.9	0.9	0.2	175.1	1.3	1.2	0.3	-0.2	177.7
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	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	-	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Other claims	4.8	4.9	4.3	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	4.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	4.8
Source: ECB.