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.2017	Mar.2017	Apr.2017	May.2017					Jun.2017
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	735.7	726.6			716.1	1.4	-6.8		-10.8	-0.4	699.5	1.4	-4.4	-13.8	-0.0	682.7
Monetary gold	410.3	402.8	402.4	0.0	-	-11.1	-0.1	391.3	0.0	-	-13.4	-0.1	377.8
Gold bullion	403.4	395.8	395.6	0.0	-	-10.9	-0.1	384.7	0.0	-	-12.9	-0.1	371.4
Unallocated gold accounts	7.0	7.0	6.8	0.0	-	-0.2	0.0	6.6	0.0	-	-0.2	-0.0	6.4
Special drawing rights	52.5	52.2	51.5	0.0	-0.8	-	-0.0	50.7	0.2	-0.6	-	-0.0	50.3
Reserve position in the IMF	22.1	21.9	21.7	-0.1	-0.3	-	0.0	21.2	-0.2	-0.3	-	-0.0	20.8
Other reserve assets	250.8	249.6	240.5	1.5	-5.7	0.2	-0.2	236.2	1.4	-3.5	-0.4	0.0	233.8
Currency and deposits	35.6	36.9	38.6	-0.7	-0.8	-	-0.0	37.0	0.9	-0.8	-	-0.0	37.2
Claims on monetary authorities	29.3	30.0	31.5	-0.5	-	-	-	30.3	-1.6	-	-	-	28.0
Claim on other entities	6.3	6.9	7.1	-0.2	-	-	-	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	9.1
Securities	211.4	208.1	197.6	2.7	-4.8	0.1	-0.2	195.4	-1.0	-2.7	-0.4	0.1	191.5
Debt securities	210.6	207.3	196.8	2.7	-4.8	0.1	-0.2	194.6	-1.0	-2.6	-0.4	0.1	190.7
Short-term	36.1	38.2	38.6	1.7	-0.9	-0.0	-0.2	39.2	-4.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.5	34.4
Long-term	174.6	169.1	158.2	1.0	-3.9	0.1	0.0	155.4	3.7	-2.0	-0.3	-0.4	156.3
Equity and investment fund shares	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.8	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.8
Financial derivatives (net)	-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.1	-	-0.0	-0.0	0.2
Other claims	3.9	4.8	4.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	3.6	1.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	4.9
Source: ECB.