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)

	Jan.17	Feb.17	Mar.17	Apr.17					May.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	707.0	735.7			726.6	-4.5	-6.3		-0.0	1.2	716.9	1.4	-6.8	-10.8	-1.1	699.5
Monetary gold	388.5	410.3	402.8	-0.0	-	-0.4	-0.0	402.4	0.0	-	-11.1	-0.1	391.3
Gold bullion	381.9	403.4	395.8	0.2	-	-0.6	-0.0	395.6	0.0	-	-10.9	-0.1	384.7
Unallocated gold accounts	6.6	7.0	7.0	-0.2	-	-0.0	0.0	6.8	0.0	-	-0.2	0.0	6.6
Special drawing rights	51.9	52.5	52.2	-0.1	-0.6	-	-0.0	51.5	0.0	-0.8	-	-0.0	50.7
Reserve position in the IMF	22.8	22.1	21.9	0.1	-0.2	-	-0.0	21.7	-0.1	-0.3	-	0.0	21.2
Other reserve assets	243.8	250.8	249.6	-4.5	-5.4	0.4	1.2	241.2	1.5	-5.7	0.2	-1.0	236.2
Currency and deposits	31.9	35.6	36.9	2.5	-0.8	-	-0.0	38.6	-0.7	-0.8	-	-0.0	37.0
Claims on monetary authorities	25.4	29.3	30.0	2.1	-	-	-	31.5	-0.5	-	-	-	30.3
Claim on other entities	6.5	6.3	6.9	0.4	-	-	-	7.1	-0.2	-	-	-	6.8
Securities	208.3	211.4	208.1	-6.7	-4.6	0.2	1.3	198.4	2.7	-4.8	0.1	-0.9	195.4
Debt securities	207.6	210.6	207.3	-6.7	-4.5	0.2	1.3	197.6	2.7	-4.8	0.1	-0.9	194.6
Short-term	31.7	36.1	38.2	1.4	-0.8	0.0	-0.2	38.6	1.7	-0.9	-0.0	-0.2	39.2
Long-term	175.9	174.6	169.1	-8.0	-3.7	0.2	1.5	159.0	1.0	-3.9	0.1	-0.7	155.4
Equity and investment fund shares	0.7	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)	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.2	-	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	0.2
Other claims	3.6	3.9	4.8	-0.6	-0.0	0.0	0.1	4.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	3.6
Source: ECB.