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)

	Aug.17	Sep.17	Oct.17	Nov.17					Dec.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	673.7	674.8			676.5	6.3	-4.5		-4.8	-0.1	673.3	-1.6	-2.3	0.4	-0.1	669.7
Monetary gold	382.8	377.8	378.9	0.0	-	-4.3	0.0	374.6	0.0	-	0.4	0.0	375.0
Gold bullion	376.2	371.3	372.4	0.0	-	-4.9	0.0	368.2	0.0	-	0.8	0.0	368.6
Unallocated gold accounts	6.6	6.5	6.5	0.0	-	-0.1	0.0	6.4	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	6.4
Special drawing rights	49.7	49.9	50.4	0.3	-0.5	-	-0.1	50.1	0.1	-0.3	-	-0.0	49.9
Reserve position in the IMF	20.1	20.0	20.1	-0.7	-0.2	-	0.0	19.2	-1.8	-0.1	-	-0.0	17.3
Other reserve assets	221.2	227.2	227.1	6.7	-3.8	-0.5	-0.0	229.4	0.1	-2.0	-0.0	-0.1	227.4
Currency and deposits	37.9	41.9	37.3	2.3	-0.5	-	0.0	39.1	-1.6	-0.3	-	0.0	37.2
Claims on monetary authorities	30.7	31.6	27.8	0.0	-	-	-	27.5	2.7	-	-	-	29.9
Claim on other entities	7.2	10.3	9.5	2.3	-	-	-	11.6	-4.3	-	-	-	7.3
Securities	179.2	181.3	186.2	4.4	-3.2	-0.5	-0.0	186.8	2.1	-1.6	-0.1	-0.1	187.0
Debt securities	178.4	180.5	185.2	4.3	-3.2	-0.5	-0.0	185.8	1.9	-1.6	-0.1	-0.1	185.9
Short-term	30.2	29.5	29.7	1.2	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	30.6	4.2	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	34.3
Long-term	148.2	151.0	155.5	3.1	-2.9	-0.5	-0.2	155.2	-2.3	-1.2	-0.0	-0.1	151.5
Equity and investment fund shares	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
Financial derivatives (net)	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	-	0.0	-0.0	0.2	-0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	0.2
Other claims	4.0	3.8	3.5	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.0
Source: ECB.