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.17	Nov.17	Dec.17	Jan.18					Feb.18
				Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding	Transactions	Exchange rate changes	Price changes	Other volume changes	Amounts outstanding
					Reserve assets	676.5	673.3			669.7	2.3	-6.8		-1.9	-0.1	663.1	-0.1	6.2	-1.5	-0.0	667.8
Monetary gold	378.9	374.6	375.0	0.0	-	-1.1	-0.0	374.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.0	374.4
Gold bullion	372.4	368.2	368.6	0.0	-	-1.1	-0.0	367.5	0.0	-	0.4	0.0	367.9
Unallocated gold accounts	6.5	6.4	6.4	0.0	-	-0.0	0.0	6.4	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	6.4
Special drawing rights	50.4	50.1	49.9	0.0	-0.7	-	-0.0	49.2	0.0	0.6	-	0.0	49.8
Reserve position in the IMF	20.1	19.2	17.3	-0.2	-0.3	-	0.0	16.8	-0.1	0.2	-	-0.0	16.9
Other reserve assets	227.1	229.4	227.4	2.5	-5.8	-0.8	-0.1	223.1	0.0	5.5	-1.9	-0.0	226.7
Currency and deposits	37.3	39.1	37.2	-0.1	-0.3	-	-0.0	36.7	-2.0	0.9	-	0.0	35.6
Claims on monetary authorities	27.8	27.5	29.9	-2.7	-	-	-	27.1	2.2	-	-	-	30.0
Claim on other entities	9.5	11.6	7.3	2.6	-	-	-	9.7	-4.2	-	-	-	5.6
Securities	186.2	186.8	187.0	2.6	-5.4	-0.9	-0.1	183.2	1.8	4.4	-1.8	0.1	187.6
Debt securities	185.2	185.8	185.9	2.6	-5.4	-0.9	-0.1	182.1	1.7	4.4	-1.8	0.1	186.4
Short-term	29.7	30.6	34.3	-2.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	30.8	-3.9	0.6	0.1	-0.0	27.6
Long-term	155.5	155.2	151.6	5.3	-4.7	-0.7	-0.1	151.3	5.6	3.8	-1.9	0.1	158.8
Equity and investment fund shares	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.2
Financial derivatives (net)	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	-	0.1	-0.0	0.3	-0.1	-	-0.0	0.0	0.2
Other claims	3.5	3.4	3.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	3.3
Source: ECB.