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)

	Feb.16	Mar.16	Apr.16	May.16					Jun.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	699.6	675.3			686.6	3.1	4.2		-11.1	-0.0	682.7	0.7	2.8	35.7	-0.2	721.8
Monetary gold	391.0	376.0	387.9	0.0	-	-10.9	-0.0	377.0	0.0	-	34.8	-0.1	411.8
Gold bullion	384.4	369.7	381.3	0.0	-	-10.7	-0.0	370.6	-0.1	-	34.3	-0.1	404.8
Unallocated gold accounts	6.6	6.4	6.6	0.0	-	-0.2	0.0	6.4	0.1	-	0.5	0.0	7.0
Special drawing rights	52.6	51.3	51.3	-0.4	0.6	-	-0.0	51.5	-0.1	0.1	-	0.0	51.5
Reserve position in the IMF	23.2	22.7	22.7	-0.1	0.3	-	-0.0	22.9	-0.2	0.0	-	-0.0	22.8
Other reserve assets	232.8	225.3	224.7	3.5	3.3	-0.2	-0.0	231.3	1.0	2.7	0.9	-0.1	235.8
Currency and deposits	25.1	26.5	25.7	1.6	-0.1	-	0.0	27.3	2.0	0.7	-	0.0	30.0
Claims on monetary authorities	17.7	20.9	17.5	1.7	-	-	-	19.0	0.8	-	-	-	20.4
Claim on other entities	7.3	5.5	8.3	-0.2	-	-	-	8.2	1.2	-	-	-	9.6
Securities	203.1	194.2	193.7	3.0	3.0	-0.2	-0.1	199.5	-1.7	1.8	1.1	0.1	200.8
Debt securities	202.4	193.4	193.0	3.0	3.0	-0.2	-0.1	198.8	-1.7	1.8	1.1	0.1	200.0
Short-term	24.7	24.4	23.8	3.5	0.3	0.0	-0.0	27.6	-2.2	0.6	0.0	-0.1	25.8
Long-term	177.7	169.1	169.2	-0.5	2.8	-0.2	-0.1	171.2	0.5	1.2	1.1	0.2	174.2
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	0.2	-0.0	0.0	-	-0.0	0.1	-0.0	0.0	-	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3
Other claims	4.8	4.5	5.3	-1.0	0.3	0.0	-0.0	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.0	-0.1	5.4
Source: ECB.